Ransomware Research

Flotera

Flotera was first discovered in March 2017 in enterprise cloud environments.

Name

Flotera

 

First Seen

March 2017

Targeting

Behavior of Flotera

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

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

Details

Characteristics of Flotera

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 Flotera ransomware is known to change.

Suffixes

.aes

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 Flotera.

Type

File Name

Location

file

!!!-ODZYSKAJ-PLIKI-!!!.TXT

EveryFolder

file

!!!-ODZYSKAJ-DANE-!!!.TXT

EveryFolder

Executables

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

Executables

msdl.exe, listener22.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 Flotera.

External Pages

  • mailto:flotera@2.pl
  • mailto:flotera@protonmail.ch

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