function globals.BuildCanaries()

in ransomware/artifact.lua [2037:2085]
37 lines of code
6 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

function globals.BuildCanaries()

    local canaries = {}
    local canaryDirNames = {}
    local canaryFileNames = {}
    local canaryExtensions = {'txt', 'doc', 'docx', 'docm', 'dot', 'xls', 'xlsx', 'xlsm', 'ppt', 'pptx', 'pptm'}

    
    local canaryContent = globals.CreateCanaryContent()

    
    local windowsPath = GetKnownFolderPath('{F38BF404-1D43-42F2-9305-67DE0B28FC23}')

    if globals.namespace.diagnosticMode then
        canaryDirNames = {
            'aaAntiRansomElastic-DO-NOT-TOUCH-def6d40c-a6a1-442c-adc4-9d57a47e58d7',
            'zzAntiRansomElastic-DO-NOT-TOUCH-def6d40c-a6a1-442c-adc4-9d57a47e58d7'
        }
        canaryFileNames = {'AntiRansomElastic-DO-NOT-TOUCH-def8452b-fc17-414d-afb6-ddeceb5ec54c'}
    else
        canaryDirNames = {
            'aaAntiRansomElastic-DO-NOT-TOUCH-dab6d40c-a6a1-442c-adc4-9d57a47e58d7',
            'zzAntiRansomElastic-DO-NOT-TOUCH-dab6d40c-a6a1-442c-adc4-9d57a47e58d7'
        }
        canaryFileNames = {'AntiRansomElastic-DO-NOT-TOUCH-4568452b-fc17-414d-afb6-ddeceb5ec54c'}
    end

    for _, dirName in ipairs(canaryDirNames) do
        for _, fileName in ipairs(canaryFileNames) do
            for _, ext in ipairs(canaryExtensions) do
                local canaryFileName = fileName .. '.' .. ext

                
                for _, userProfile in ipairs(utils.GetAllUserProfiles()) do
                    local canaryFullPath = userProfile .. '\\' .. dirName .. '\\' .. canaryFileName
                    local canary = globals.Canary(canaryFullPath, canaryContent)
                    table.insert(canaries, canary)
                end

                
                local canaryFullPath = windowsPath .. '\\..\\' .. dirName .. '\\' .. canaryFileName
                local canary = globals.Canary(canaryFullPath, canaryContent)
                table.insert(canaries, canary)
            end
        end
    end

    return canaries
end