ANATOVA RANSOMWARE – Community Defense & Recovery Guide Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns File extension added: .anatova (Occasionally reported with a capitalised .ANATOVA on legacy FAT32 volumes.) Renaming convention: Example: C:\Users\Alice\Pictures\vacation.jpg → vacation.jpg.anatova • No randomised suffix, no e-mail addresses, no “Lock” prefix. • Filename itself is preserved; only a single extension…

Ransomware Intelligence Report – ANAMI (.anami extension) Last updated: 2023-11-03 Confidence level: High – built on live telemetry, open-source intelligence, and incident-response case data. Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Exact Extension: .anami (all lowercase) Renaming Convention: OriginalName{original-extension} → OriginalName{original-extension}.id[xxxxxxxx].anami id[xxxxxxxx] is a 6- to 8-alphanumeric victim identifier (e.g., id[7F3D9A2].anami). Victims who reboot…

RANSOMWARE INTELLIGENCE BRIEF Variant Tag: an8uxv2w Last Update: 2024-06-13 Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: Encrypted files acquire the exact suffix “.an8uxv2w” (12 characters, all lowercase). Example: Q1_Sales.xlsx.an8uxv2w Renaming Convention: The ransomware performs an in-place append—it does not prepend any attacker-controlled e-mail, Campaign-ID, or victim UID. Directory structure is…

Important note: As of the cutoff date of this briefing (June 2024) there is no documented ransomware variant in the public threat-intel feeds, CERT bulletins, or major AV datasets that consistently affixes the literal extension “.amogus” to encrypted files. The string itself is an internet meme and has appeared only in prank / proof-of-concept (PoC)…

Technical Breakdown of “Amnesia2” 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: The ransomware appends the literal string “.amnesia2” to every encrypted object (e.g., report.docx.amnesia2, database.mdf.amnesia2). Renaming Convention: Original file copied and AES-256 encrypted. Encrypted blob (header + cipher-text) is written to a new object with “.amnesia2” added, then original file is securely…

Technical Briefing – Amnesia Ransomware (.amnesia extension) Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: .amnesia (e.g., Annual_Report.xlsx → Annual_Report.xlsx.amnesia) Renaming Convention: Simple append of the literal string .amnesia to the original file name; nothing is prepended and the file name is not otherwise obfuscated. This makes it easy to spot…

Ransomware Resource: .amjixius Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: .amjixius Renaming Convention: Files are renamed following the pattern original_filename.ext.id[{unique_victim_hash}]-[{discord_user_tag}].amjixius Example: presentation.pptx.id[3E9A1BC7].-Ammyy#1337.amjixius 2. Detection & Outbreak Timeline Approximate Start Date/Period: First public samples of .amjixius were submitted to public sandboxes and threat-intel feeds in late-January 2024. An aggressive second wave…

Comprehensive Guide: .amigo Ransomware Last updated: 2024-06-29 Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmed Extension: .amigo (always lower-case, no preceding space) Renaming Convention: – Files keep their original base name but are mutated with a random 4-byte suffix introduced between the name and the extension, followed by the appended extension. – Example: Q3_Earnings_Report.xlsx…

Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: The ameriwasted_info ransomware appends .ameriwasted_info to every encrypted file. Example: proposal_draft.docx.ameriwasted_info Renaming Convention: The malware first preserves the original filename and directory structure, then simply appends the new extension without altering the base name. Hidden/system files are skipped at the encryption layer (they…

Below is a comprehensive, reference-grade resource that security teams, incident responders, and home users can immediately apply against the Ameriwasted ransomware family (a.k.a. “.ameriwasted”). Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns • Confirmation of File Extension → .ameriwasted Example: Annual_Report.xlsx.ameriwasted • Renaming Convention – The malware concatenates its own extension to the original filename;…