Meduza was first discovered in July 2018 in enterprise cloud environments.
Name
Meduza
First Seen
July 2018
Meduza is known to target specific file types. Below are all known file types that Meduza is known to infect.
In some cases, ransomware will update the modified date, when it encrypts files. Meduza 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 Meduza ransomware is known to change.
Suffixes
.meduza
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 Meduza.
These are the names of the executables that contain the undetonated ransomware payload for Meduza.
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 Meduza.
External Pages
