Ransomware Research

Afrodita

Afrodita was first discovered in January 2020 in enterprise cloud environments.

Name

Afrodita

 

First Seen

January 2020

Targeting

Behavior of Afrodita

Afrodita is known to target specific file types. Below are all known file types that Afrodita is known to infect.

In some cases, ransomware will update the modified date, when it encrypts files. Afrodita updates the last modified date of the file it targets.

Details

Characteristics of Afrodita

Suffixes

Some ransomware will change or append a suffix to the end of the file after they are encrypted, including changing the extension of a file. Here are some of the possible suffixes that Afrodita ransomware is known to change.

Ransomware Notes

Not all ransomware leaves a note. However, some ransomware leaves the infected party instructions on what the user should do to get rid of the ransomware, or satisfy the ransom. This often involves transferring money, often bitcoin or another cryptocurrency to a designated wallet.

Below are the type(s) of notes, content, and typical locations where Elastio has found ransom notes from Afrodita.

Type

File Name

Location

file

__README_RECOVERY_.txt

EveryFolder

file

__README__ENCRYPTED__AFRODITA__.txt

EveryFolder

Executables

These are the names of the executables that contain the undetonated ransomware payload for Afrodita.

Executables

notnice.jpg, RHNUFJKS.exe, Ponuda-2020-0231.xlsm, CryptoProvider, afrodita.dll, evil[1].jpg, evil.jpg

External Pages

Ransomware often links to external pages such as payment pages, telegram contacts, etc. Below are some of the URLs Elastio has found to be associated with Afrodita.

External Pages

  • mailto:afroditateam@tutanota.com
  • mailto:afroditasupport@mail2tor.com
  • mailto:afroditateam@firemail.cc
  • telegram:@RecoverySupport

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