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DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_PET_Defendercontrol

Detects Defender Control

Suspicious / huntingditekSHen detectionBSD 2-Clause LicenseCompiles with YARA-X
Author
ditekSHen
Date
2020-11-06
Modified
2024-09-25
Score / Quality
75 / 75

What this rule detects

Detects Defender Control

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 3 patterns (3 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

indicator-tool-pet-defendercontrol.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_PET_Defendercontrol : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects Defender Control"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "7bc1f26e-2432-5642-b1e7-c87683f7d932"
		date = "2020-11-06"
		modified = "2024-09-25"
		reference = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
		source_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/indicator_tools.yar#L621-L631"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "826ed0643a07580750eb11c4cf2c2759f53b6c2bda51705476edc4808abccbf8"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$s1 = "Windows Defender Control" wide
		$s2 = "www.sordum.org" wide ascii
		$s3 = "dControl" wide

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 2 of them
}

Strings (3 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"Windows Defender Control"wide
$s2text"www.sordum.org"wide ascii
$s3text"dControl"wide

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 2 of them

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • At least 2 patterns 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).

Original rule

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

Rule id: 7bc1f26e-2432-5642-b1e7-c87683f7d932

Tags:FILE