# Alosia Ransomware – Security Brief & Recovery Playbook Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: .alosia is appended as the final extension after the original one. Example: Quarterly_Sales.xlsx.alosia Renaming Convention: <original_filename>.<original_extension>.alosia No email address, random UID, or repeating bytes are inserted in the file name itself. 2. Detection &…

Alock Ransomware – Comprehensive Response Guide Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Exact File Extension: .alock (lower-case and appended without a space). Renaming Convention: Original File → original_name.docx.alock Each encrypted file keeps its base name and simply receives the additional suffix .alock after the original extension. Unlike some families that insert unique IDs…

Detailed Resource for the *.alnbr Ransomware Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmed extension: .alnbr (lower-case, 5 ASCII characters, preceded by a dot) Renaming convention: original_name.EXT.id-XXXXXXXX.alnbr – original_name.EXT remains untouched, only a suffix is appended – id-XXXXXXXX is an 8-character, uppercase hexadecimal victim ID generated by the malware – Example: Quarterly_Report.xlsx.id-A3C5F9E2.alnbr 2. Detection…

Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: ALMA Locker appends the suffix “.locked” to every encrypted file. Renaming Convention: The malware does not alter the original filename or its path; it simply adds “.locked” to the end (e.g., Report.xlsx.locked, photo.jpg.locked). Directory names are left untouched. 2. Detection & Outbreak Timeline…

Ransomware Profile: the “allock*” family (extension .allock) Last reviewed: 2024-03-31 Author: Ransomware Research & Response Group (R³G) Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns • Confirmation of File Extension: .allock (variants reported as .allock96, .allockxyz, etc., all stemming from the same codebase). • Renaming Convention: File: butterfly.jpg → butterfly.jpg.allock (no ransom-markers inside the name)…

Ransomware Resource – “AllCry” (extension .allcry) I. Technical Breakdown File Extension & Renaming Patterns • Extension added: .allcry is appended to the end of the original file-name after a 14-character random alphanumeric string and an underscore. Example:   Report.xlsx → Report.xlsx_e7f2a93c1c5c2a_allcry • Renaming Convention Summary: <original_name><.ext>_<14_rand_str>_allcry • If “large file quick mode” is enabled during campaign,…

ALL-CIPHERED* RANSOMWARE – COMMUNITY-FACING DOSSIER Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: AllCiphered appends the literal characters “.allciphered{0x2A}” (the asterisk is part of the literal extension). Example: Document.docx → Document.docx.allciphered* Renaming Convention: Files are recursively discovered. A 16-byte offline-generated GUID (Base-64 encoded) is stored in a .data fork, but the…

Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: allarich appends the literal string .allarich (NOTE: no dot if the original file already ends with an extension) Example: Q4-Budget.xlsx becomes Q4-Budget.xlsx.allarich; Invoice.pdf becomes Invoice.pdf.allarich Renaming Convention: – Leaves the original filename before the appended .allarich so every encrypted file is trivially recognizable.…

Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: The allahuakbar strain appends .allahuakbar to every encrypted file. Renaming Convention: Original: Document.docx Encrypted: Document.docx.allahuakbar 2. Detection & Outbreak Timeline Approximate Start Date/Period: First public reports surfaced in late January 2024, with an aggressive spike in infections across Europe and the Middle East…

Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: alkohol Renaming Convention: Upon finishing encryption the ransomware renames every file to <original-name>.<random-5-char-string>.alkohol (example: Report Q1.xlsx.Wq9fZ.alkohol). Unlike many families it keeps the original file name intact and only appends two new parts, never touches extensions inside archives, and reverts NTFS “Last Write” timestamp…