Ransomware Research

AnGrYTuRkEy

AnGrYTuRkEy was first discovered in February 2023 in enterprise cloud environments.

Name

AnGrYTuRkEy

 

First Seen

February 2023

Targeting

Behavior of AnGrYTuRkEy

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

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

Details

Characteristics of AnGrYTuRkEy

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 AnGrYTuRkEy ransomware is known to change.

Suffixes

.AnGrYTuRkEy

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 AnGrYTuRkEy.

Type

File Name

Location

file

read_it.txt

EveryFolder

screenshot

Desktop

Executables

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

Executables

TuRKey_RanSOmWarE.exe, System.ini.exe, TuRKey_RanSOmWarE.bin

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 AnGrYTuRkEy.

External Pages

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