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BLACKBERRY_Boratratkeylogger
Detects BoratRAT Keylogger
- Author
- BlackBerry Threat Research Team
- Date
- 2022-04-13
- Modified
- 2022-07-07
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 85
What this rule detects
Detects BoratRAT Keylogger
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 6 patterns (5 text, 1 hex, 0 regex).
YARA-X says: warning[text_as_hex]: hex pattern could be written as text literal
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule BLACKBERRY_Boratratkeylogger : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects BoratRAT Keylogger"
= "BlackBerry Threat Research Team"
= "8bcec652-a76b-5bfc-bf2c-bb8ce6a88ed5"
= "2022-04-13"
= "2022-07-07"
= "https://blogs.blackberry.com/en/2022/04/threat-thursday-boratrat"
= "https://github.com/mikesxrs/Open-Source-YARA-rules/blob/ec0056f767db98bf6d5fd63877ad51fb54d350e9/Blackberry/BoratRATKeylogger.yar#L1-L39"
= "N/A"
= "ea3f39b675f02274b19b5732d065a0fcb05a4fe150f10a452a844af71b69aed2"
= 75
= 85
= "FILE"
= "This Yara rule is provided under the Apache License 2.0 (https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) and open to any user or organization, as long as you use it under this license and ensure originator credit in any derivative to The BlackBerry Research & Intelligence Team"
strings:
$s1 = "Sa8XOfH1BudXLog.txt" wide
$s2 = "[CAPSLOCK: ON]" wide
$s3 = "[CAPSLOCK: OFF]" wide
$s4 = "[SPACE]" wide
$s5 = "[ENTER]" wide
$sp = { 43 3A 5C 55 73 65 72 73 5C 41 64 6D 69 6E 69 73 74 72 61 74 6F 72 5C
44 6F 77 6E 6C 6F 61 64 73 5C 53 61 6E 74 61 52 61 74 2D 6D 61 69 6E
5C 42 69 6E 61 72 69 65 73 5C 52 65 6C 65 61 73 65 5C 50 6C 75 67 69
6E 73 5C 4B 65 79 6C 6F 67 67 65 72 2E 70 64 62 }
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and all of them
}
Strings (6 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "Sa8XOfH1BudXLog.txt" | wide |
| $s2 | text | "[CAPSLOCK: ON]" | wide |
| $s3 | text | "[CAPSLOCK: OFF]" | wide |
| $s4 | text | "[SPACE]" | wide |
| $s5 | text | "[ENTER]" | wide |
| $sp | hex | { 43 3A 5C 55 73 65 72 73 5C 41 64 6D 69 6E 69 73 74 72 61 74 6F 72 5C 44 6F 77 6E 6C 6F 61 64 73 5C 53 61 6E 74 61 52 61 74 2D 6D 61 69 6E … |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- All patterns in the rule must match.
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Licence & attribution
Author: BlackBerry Threat Research Team
Source repository: BlackBerry Research & Intelligence (via Open-Source-YARA-rules) @ ec0056f767
Licence: Apache License 2.0 (stated in the rule's own meta)
“This Yara rule is provided under the Apache License 2.0 (https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) and open to any user or organization, as long as you use it under this license and ensure originator credit in any derivative to The BlackBerry Research & Intelligence Team”
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: 8bcec652-a76b-5bfc-bf2c-bb8ce6a88ed5
Tags:FILE
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