Ransomware Brief – “encryptedbyvmola.com” Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: Every encrypted file is literally renamed to the victim’s original file name plus the string .encrypted_by_vmola.com (example: Invoice.xlsx.encrypted_by_vmola.com). No random ID, no email address, no numeric key – just the domain token. Renaming Convention: Original_FileName.AnyExtension → Original_FileName.AnyExtension.encrypted_by_vmola.com Folders receive…

Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns The suffix encrypted_backup appearing after a file’s original name (e.g., Invoice_12.pdf.encrypted_backup) is NOT a static, trademarked extension unique to a single ransomware family. It is generated by off-the-shelf “builder” kits such as: Hidden Tear / Hidden Tear-Spinoffs Apocalypse / Al-Namrof / Esmeralda variants some PowerShell-based “for-education” lockers…

RobbinHood Ransomware (.enc_robbinhood) – Community Response Guide (last updated: 27 June 2025) Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmed extension: .enc_robbinhood (sometimes appears as encrypted_.enc_robbinhood) Renaming convention: Original file Quarterly.xls → Quarterly.xls.enc_robbinhood Folder-wide rename is atomic – no second extension is added, so backups with “.bak” or “._temp” are also overwritten in-place. No…

Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: .encrypted@horrordeadbot Renaming Convention: – Victim files are renamed in the pattern: OriginalFileName.doc → OriginalFileName.doc.encrypted@horrordeadbot – The malware intentionally preserves the original extension as a double-extension so that users (and some backup tools) can still recognise the file type, hurrying victims into paying to…

Disclaimer: The following advisory is compiled from publicly-available incident reports, vendor bulletins, and CERT/CC postings. It is not legal advice, and no warranty is implied. Always engage your incident-response team and legal counsel before taking action. Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: Files are literally renamed to include double…

Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: The ransomware appends the compound suffix “.encrypted.locked” to every file it encrypts. Renaming Convention: – Original: Project_Q3.xlsx → Encrypted: Project_Q3.xlsx.encrypted.locked – Directory names are left intact, but the ransom note is dropped into every folder as “READMETORESTORE.txt” (some variants use “!UNLOCK_FILES.HTML”). 2. Detection…

Ransomware profile: encrypted*[email protected]* Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmed extension: None – the malware does not append a static suffix. Renaming convention: Original name is left intact, but the malware pre-pends the literal string encrypted and concatenates the attacker’s e-mail address with asterisks, e.g. encrypted*[email protected]*Contract_2024.xlsx (Directory-listing screenshot examples all show the e-mail…

Ransomware Deep-Dive File-extension fingerprint: encrypted*[email protected]*.xiaba TECHNICAL BREAKDOWN 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Exact extension added: .xiaba (lower-case, 5 letters) Renaming convention: [original_name]encrypted[serial][email protected][serial].xiaba Example: Projections.xlsx → Projections encrypted [email protected] 7451.xiaba Folders receive a plain-text note file: HOW TO DECRYPT FILES.txt 2. Detection & Outbreak Timeline First submitted sample: 2023-05-17 (VirusTotal) Major public spike: July-August 2023…

Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: encrypted** (yes — the asterisk is literally written into the new file name, e.g. report.xlsx.encrypted*). Renaming Convention: Appends the extension .encrypted*, preserving the original file name and original extension first (e.g. Budget2024.xlsx.encrypted*). Drives and specific sub-folders are usually left un-renamed. 2. Detection &…

Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: Files are appended with the literal word “encrypted” as a secondary extension (e.g., invoice.pdf.encrypted, database.mdf.encrypted). Renaming Convention: Original file name + “.encrypted”. The ransomware does NOT drop a new base-name; it simply concatenates the extra extension, leaving every other attribute (size, time-stamp) initially…