YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_PWS_Sniffpass
Detects SniffPass, a password monitoring software that listens on the network and captures passwords over POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, FTP, and HTTP.
- Author
- ditekSHen
- Date
- 2020-11-06
- Modified
- 2024-09-25
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
Detects SniffPass, a password monitoring software that listens on the network and captures passwords over POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, FTP, and HTTP.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 8 patterns (8 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_PWS_Sniffpass : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects SniffPass, a password monitoring software that listens on the network and captures passwords over POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, FTP, and HTTP."
= "ditekSHen"
= "b96498d4-bbe3-5cb8-9c24-91ebb51e078a"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-09-25"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/indicator_tools.yar#L197-L212"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "9b56ee4bac39b4220b24e92d00076650ffe84b71a60c0213a84fcf21c6cfe4cf"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
strings:
$s1 = "\\Release\\SniffPass.pdb" ascii
$s2 = "Password Sniffer" fullword wide
$s3 = "Software\\NirSoft\\SniffPass" fullword ascii
$s4 = "Sniffed PasswordsCFailed to start" wide
$s5 = "Pwpcap.dll" fullword ascii
$s6 = "nmwifi.exe" fullword ascii
$s7 = "NmApi.dll" fullword ascii
$s8 = "npptools.dll" fullword ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 4 of them
}
Strings (8 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "\\Release\\SniffPass.pdb" | ascii |
| $s2 | text | "Password Sniffer" | fullword wide |
| $s3 | text | "Software\\NirSoft\\SniffPass" | fullword ascii |
| $s4 | text | "Sniffed PasswordsCFailed to start" | wide |
| $s5 | text | "Pwpcap.dll" | fullword ascii |
| $s6 | text | "nmwifi.exe" | fullword ascii |
| $s7 | text | "NmApi.dll" | fullword ascii |
| $s8 | text | "npptools.dll" | fullword ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 4 of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- At least 4 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: b96498d4-bbe3-5cb8-9c24-91ebb51e078a
Tags:FILE
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