YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_PWS_Fgdump
detects all versions of the password dumping tool, fgdump. Observed to be used by DustSquad group.
- 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
rule DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_PWS_Fgdump : FILE
{
meta:
= "detects all versions of the password dumping tool, fgdump. Observed to be used by DustSquad group."
= "ditekSHen"
= "2759fce2-db2a-5a48-bb37-931fd847a32d"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-09-25"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/indicator_tools.yar#L64-L81"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "fdccd91a84374f7c94843bd9c2191720959416acf2e33d7b28b42d63d7ea4ce3"
= 75
= 75
= "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)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "dumping server %s" | ascii |
| $s2 | text | "dump on server %s" | ascii |
| $s3 | text | "dump passwords: %s" | ascii |
| $s4 | text | "Dumping cache" | nocase ascii |
| $s5 | text | "SECURITY\\Cache" | ascii |
| $s6 | text | "LSASS.EXE process" | ascii |
| $s7 | text | " AntiVirus " | nocase ascii |
| $s8 | text | " IPC$ " | ascii |
| $s9 | text | "Exec failed, GetLastError returned %d" | fullword ascii |
| $10 | text | "writable connection to %s" | ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 5 of themIn 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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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: 2759fce2-db2a-5a48-bb37-931fd847a32d
Tags:FILE
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