YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_KB_ID_Amadey
Detects Amadey executables with specific email addresses found in the code signing certificate
- Author
- ditekShen
- Date
- 2021-01-21
- Modified
- 2024-01-23
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 73
What this rule detects
Detects Amadey executables with specific email addresses found in the code signing certificate
Associated malware family: Amadey.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 1 patterns (1 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_KB_ID_Amadey : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects Amadey executables with specific email addresses found in the code signing certificate"
= "ditekShen"
= "f9abbf1d-2077-52a8-bfb0-df3732649624"
= "2021-01-21"
= "2024-01-23"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/indicator_knownbad_id.yar#L39-L47"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "3df3fe67835f76e51743b1b4fa2cbc48277d82689c2fc27457b4d7d820e56e43"
= 75
= 73
= "FILE"
strings:
$s1 = "tochka.director@gmail.com" ascii wide nocase
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and any of them
}
Strings (1 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "tochka.director@gmail.com" | ascii wide nocase |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and any of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- At least one pattern in the rule must match.
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References
Licence & attribution
Author: ditekShen
Source repository: ditekSHen detection @ e76c93dcde
Licence: BSD 2-Clause License (repository licence)
Copyright notice: Copyright 2021 by ditekSHen (https://github.com/ditekshen/detection).
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: f9abbf1d-2077-52a8-bfb0-df3732649624
Tags:FILE
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