YARA · CAPE Sandbox (CAPEv2)
CAPE_Vipkeylogger
Detects VIPKeyLogger Keylogger
- Author
- kevoreilly
- Date
- 2025-09-11
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 70
What this rule detects
Detects VIPKeyLogger Keylogger
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 3 patterns (3 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
vipkeylogger.yarGNU General Public License v3.0
rule CAPE_Vipkeylogger : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects VIPKeyLogger Keylogger"
= "kevoreilly"
= "71606fcc-89b4-519a-833a-b6cb4b569cb8"
= "2025-09-11"
= "2025-09-11"
= "https://github.com/kevoreilly/CAPEv2"
= "https://github.com/kevoreilly/CAPEv2/blob/6b15e76f28cd83fd1187da6c9aaaad2174255356/data/yara/CAPE/VIPKeyLogger.yar#L1-L14"
= "https://github.com/kevoreilly/CAPEv2/blob/6b15e76f28cd83fd1187da6c9aaaad2174255356/LICENSE"
= "b9dba7562bba4807c0789692d44650996e62c8d0c4031dedd65773877621b1de"
= 75
= 70
= "FILE"
= "VIPKeyLogger Payload"
= "edaba79c3d43a416a86003f336d879ed3a513aa24dd401340584615647ed6da2"
strings:
$s1 = "/ VIP Recovery \\" wide
$s2 = "Clipboard Logs ID" wide
$s3 = "Keylogger" wide
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and all of them
}
Strings (3 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "/ VIP Recovery \\" | wide |
| $s2 | text | "Clipboard Logs ID" | wide |
| $s3 | text | "Keylogger" | wide |
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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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: 71606fcc-89b4-519a-833a-b6cb4b569cb8
Metadata
| cape_type | VIPKeyLogger Payload |
|---|---|
| packed | edaba79c3d43a416a86003f336d879ed3a513aa24dd401340584615647ed6da2 |
Tags:FILE
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