Type
File Name
Location
Egregor was first discovered in September 2020 in enterprise cloud environments. Egregor is found in environments with a number of different names, including Egregor Doxware, etc. For a full list of all names, please see below.
Name
Egregor
First Seen
September 2020
Egregor is known to target specific file types. Below are all known file types that Egregor is known to infect.
In some cases, ransomware will update the modified date, when it encrypts files. Egregor updates 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 Egregor ransomware is known to change.
Suffixes
/.[a-zA-Z]{4,6}$/, .CRYTEK
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 Egregor.
Type File Name Location file RECOVER-FILES.txt EveryFolder
These are the names of the executables that contain the undetonated ransomware payload for Egregor.
Executables
260828.dll, b.dll, qq.dll
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 Egregor.
External Pages
