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CLUSTER25_Ghostwriter_Microbackdoor_72632_00001

No description has been set in the source file - Cluster25

Author: Cluster25
Date: 2023-04-10
Score / Quality: 75 / 75

What this rule detects

No description has been set in the source file - Cluster25

Associated malware family: Microbackdoor.

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 6 patterns (6 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

Rule text not reproduced

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References

https://blog.cluster25.duskrise.com/2022/03/08/ghostwriter-unc1151-adopts-microbackdoor-variants-in-cyber-operations-against-targets-in-ukraine

Sample hashes

Hashes of samples the author lists in the rule's meta (look them up in your threat-intelligence platform).

559d8e8f2c60478d1c057b46ec6be912fae7df38e89553804cc566cac46e8e91

Licence & attribution

Author: Cluster25

Source repository: Cluster25 (via Open-Source-YARA-rules) @ ec0056f767

Original rule

Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.

Rule id: b50ca459-bb0b-567d-968c-772f73f22eb4

Metadata

tlp	white

Tags:FILE

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