AvosLocker — Malware Profile
AvosLocker is ransomware written in C++ that has been offered via the Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model. It was first observed in June 2021 and has been used against financial services, critical manufacturing, government facilities, and other critical infrastructure sectors in the United States. As of March 2022, AvosLocker had also been used against organizations in Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.
MITRE ATT&CK techniques (15)
- T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information
- T1027.007 Dynamic API Resolution
- T1036.008 Masquerade File Type
- T1057 Process Discovery
- T1083 File and Directory Discovery
- T1106 Native API
- T1124 System Time Discovery
- T1135 Network Share Discovery
- T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
- T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
- T1489 Service Stop
- T1529 System Shutdown/Reboot
- T1547.001 Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
- T1564.003 Hidden Window
- T1688 Safe Mode Boot