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DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_PWS_Fgdump

detects all versions of the password dumping tool, fgdump. Observed to be used by DustSquad group.

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 all versions of the password dumping tool, fgdump. Observed to be used by DustSquad group.

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 10 patterns (10 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

indicator-tool-pws-fgdump.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_PWS_Fgdump : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "detects all versions of the password dumping tool, fgdump. Observed to be used by DustSquad group."
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "2759fce2-db2a-5a48-bb37-931fd847a32d"
		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#L64-L81"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "fdccd91a84374f7c94843bd9c2191720959416acf2e33d7b28b42d63d7ea4ce3"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$s1 = "dumping server %s" ascii
		$s2 = "dump on server %s" ascii
		$s3 = "dump passwords: %s" ascii
		$s4 = "Dumping cache" nocase ascii
		$s5 = "SECURITY\\Cache" ascii
		$s6 = "LSASS.EXE process" ascii
		$s7 = " AntiVirus " nocase ascii
		$s8 = " IPC$ " ascii
		$s9 = "Exec failed, GetLastError returned %d" fullword ascii
		$10 = "writable connection to %s" ascii

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 5 of them
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"dumping server %s"ascii
$s2text"dump on server %s"ascii
$s3text"dump passwords: %s"ascii
$s4text"Dumping cache"nocase ascii
$s5text"SECURITY\\Cache"ascii
$s6text"LSASS.EXE process"ascii
$s7text" AntiVirus "nocase ascii
$s8text" IPC$ "ascii
$s9text"Exec failed, GetLastError returned %d"fullword ascii
$10text"writable connection to %s"ascii

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 5 of them

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • At least 5 patterns in the rule must match.

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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: 2759fce2-db2a-5a48-bb37-931fd847a32d

Tags:FILE