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Princess Locker-2

Princess Locker-2 was first discovered in March 2018 in enterprise cloud environments.

Name

Princess Locker-2

 

First Seen

March 2018

Targeting

Behavior of Princess Locker-2

Princess Locker-2 is known to target specific file types. Below are all known file types that Princess Locker-2 is known to infect.

In some cases, ransomware will update the modified date, when it encrypts files. Princess Locker-2 updates the last modified date of the file it targets.

Details

Characteristics of Princess Locker-2

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 Princess Locker-2 ransomware is known to change.

Suffixes

/.[A-Za-z0-9]{4,6}$/

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 Princess Locker-2.

Type

File Name

Location

file

/^=_THIS_TO_FIX_[A-Za-z0-9]{4,6}.html$/

EveryFolder

file

/^=_THIS_TO_FIX_[A-Za-z0-9]{4,6}.txt$/

EveryFolder

file

/^=_THIS_TO_FIX_[A-Za-z0-9]{4,6}.url$/

EveryFolder

Executables

These are the names of the executables that contain the undetonated ransomware payload for Princess Locker-2.

Executables

Clock quite charles Shade promised game, myfile.exe, ran.exe, 93cb0053.gxe

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 Princess Locker-2.

External Pages

  • http://royal25fphqilqft.onion

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