YARA · CAPE Sandbox (CAPEv2)
CAPE_Phantomstealer
PhantomStealer Payload
- Author
- kevoreilly
- Date
- 2026-07-28
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 70
What this rule detects
PhantomStealer Payload
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 3 patterns (3 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
phantomstealer.yarGNU General Public License v3.0
rule CAPE_Phantomstealer : FILE
{
meta:
= "PhantomStealer Payload"
= "kevoreilly"
= "8fbd76f0-da73-51da-a85a-77d9207dd340"
= "2026-07-28"
= "2026-07-28"
= "https://github.com/kevoreilly/CAPEv2"
= "https://github.com/kevoreilly/CAPEv2/blob/6b15e76f28cd83fd1187da6c9aaaad2174255356/data/yara/CAPE/PhantomStealer.yar#L1-L13"
= "https://github.com/kevoreilly/CAPEv2/blob/6b15e76f28cd83fd1187da6c9aaaad2174255356/LICENSE"
= "2f6051f4653aca8f6db27b2ecf7156913f5d18542fdcd58ebc4b4bb41c1c3fb2"
= 75
= 70
= "FILE"
= "PhantomStealer Payload"
strings:
$a1 = "PhantomStealer"
$a2 = "FormatCreditCards"
$a3 = "Telegram"
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5A4D and ( all of ( $a* ) )
}
Strings (3 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $a1 | text | "PhantomStealer" | |
| $a2 | text | "FormatCreditCards" | |
| $a3 | text | "Telegram" |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5A4D and ( all of ( $a* ) )In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- All patterns in ( $a* ) must match.
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References
Licence & attribution
Author: kevoreilly
Source repository: CAPE Sandbox (CAPEv2) @ 6b15e76f28
Licence: GNU General Public License v3.0 (repository licence)
Copyright notice: Cuckoo Sandbox is copyrighted by the Cuckoo Foundation.
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: 8fbd76f0-da73-51da-a85a-77d9207dd340
Metadata
| cape_type | PhantomStealer Payload |
|---|
Tags:FILE
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