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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.

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 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

indicator-tool-pws-sniffpass.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_PWS_Sniffpass : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects SniffPass, a password monitoring software that listens on the network and captures passwords over POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, FTP, and HTTP."
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "b96498d4-bbe3-5cb8-9c24-91ebb51e078a"
		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#L197-L212"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "9b56ee4bac39b4220b24e92d00076650ffe84b71a60c0213a84fcf21c6cfe4cf"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "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)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"\\Release\\SniffPass.pdb"ascii
$s2text"Password Sniffer"fullword wide
$s3text"Software\\NirSoft\\SniffPass"fullword ascii
$s4text"Sniffed PasswordsCFailed to start"wide
$s5text"Pwpcap.dll"fullword ascii
$s6text"nmwifi.exe"fullword ascii
$s7text"NmApi.dll"fullword ascii
$s8text"npptools.dll"fullword ascii

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 4 of them

In 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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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: b96498d4-bbe3-5cb8-9c24-91ebb51e078a

Tags:FILE