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Tool: Locky

Names	Locky
Category	Malware
Type	Ransomware
Description	Locky is a high profile ransomware family that first appeared in early 2016 and was observed being active until end of 2017. It encrypts files on the victim system and asks for ransom in order to have back original files. In its first version it added a .locky extension to the encrypted files, and in recent versions it added the .lukitus extension. The ransom amount is defined in BTC and depends on the actor.
Information	<https://threatvector.cylance.com/en_us/home/threat-spotlight-locky-ransomware.html> <https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2017/01/locky-bart-ransomware-and-backend-server-analysis/> <http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/06/necurs-locky-campaign.html> <https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/locky-ransomware-returns-but-targets-only-windows-xp-and-vista/> <https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2016/03/look-into-locky/> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locky>
Malpedia	<https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.locky>
AlienVault OTX	<https://otx.alienvault.com/browse/pulses?q=tag:Locky>

Last change to this tool card: 13 May 2020

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All groups using tool Locky

Changed	Name	Country	Observed
APT groups
	TA505, Graceful Spider, Gold Evergreen		2006-Oct 2020
Other groups
	Dungeon Spider		2016-Feb 2018

2 groups listed (1 APT, 1 other, 0 unknown)

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