YARA · BlackBerry Research & Intelligence (via Open-Source-YARA-rules)
BLACKBERRY_Headertip
Detects HeaderTip
- Author
- BlackBerry Threat Research Team
- Date
- 2022-04-06
- Modified
- 2022-07-06
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 85
What this rule detects
Detects HeaderTip
Associated malware family: Headertip.
It defines 2 patterns (2 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule BLACKBERRY_Headertip : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects HeaderTip"
= "BlackBerry Threat Research Team"
= "8569fed8-0fa8-515a-8ca2-ca4c2a959bbe"
= "2022-04-06"
= "2022-07-06"
= "https://blogs.blackberry.com/en/2022/04/threat-thursday-headertip-backdoor-shows-attackers-from-china-preying-on-ukraine"
= "https://github.com/mikesxrs/Open-Source-YARA-rules/blob/ec0056f767db98bf6d5fd63877ad51fb54d350e9/Blackberry/HeaderTip.yar#L1-L18"
= "N/A"
= "426c6ebd4ebf85cc4b13d47dc77ae2648fba2b0ccdb7eeaea6b96f19a46c2d4e"
= 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 = "type %temp%\\officecleaner.dat >> %objfile%"
$s2 = "product2020.mrbasic.com" wide
condition:
filesize < 750KB and all of them
}
Strings (2 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "type %temp%\\officecleaner.dat >> %objfile%" | |
| $s2 | text | "product2020.mrbasic.com" | wide |
Condition
filesize < 750KB and all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must be smaller than 750KB (a cheap guard that skips large files).
- 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: 8569fed8-0fa8-515a-8ca2-ca4c2a959bbe
Tags:FILE
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