Ransomware Research

About Avest

Avest

Avest was first discovered in August 2019 in enterprise cloud environments. Avest is found in environments with a number of different names, including Pack14, etc. For a full list of all names, please see below.

Name Avest
AKA
  • Pack14
First Seen August 2019
Targeting

Behavior of Avest

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

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

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Characteristics of Avest

Here are some of the unique characteristics that are helpful to know about Avest.

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 Avest ransomware is known to change.

Suffixes.pack14

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 Avest.

Typefile
File Name!!!Readme!!!Help!!!.txt
LocationEveryFolder

Executables

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

Executablesinstaller.exe, myfile.exe, График проверок октябрь-декабрь 2019 (встроен Avest).avst.exe, antimalware.exe, office64.exe

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 Avest.

External Pages
  • mailto:data1992@protonmail.com
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