Type
File Name
Location
Australian-AES was first discovered in January 2019 in enterprise cloud environments.
Name
Australian-AES
First Seen
January 2019
Australian-AES is known to target specific file types. Below are all known file types that Australian-AES is known to infect.
In some cases, ransomware will update the modified date, when it encrypts files. Australian-AES unknown the last modified date of the file it targets.
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 Australian-AES ransomware is known to change.
Suffixes
.aes
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 Australian-AES.
Type File Name Location message
These are the names of the executables that contain the undetonated ransomware payload for Australian-AES.
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 Australian-AES.
