YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Linux_Akira
Detects Akira Ransomware Linux
- Author
- ditekSHen
- Date
- 2020-11-06
- Modified
- 2024-11-01
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
Detects Akira Ransomware Linux
Associated malware family: Akira.
It defines 12 patterns (11 text, 1 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
malware-linux-akira.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Linux_Akira : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects Akira Ransomware Linux"
= "ditekSHen"
= "3ac144b3-c747-58e5-bc75-b3f90786f404"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-11-01"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L10245-L10264"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "3a00154e1cfc442718e753641d3706ffd4dd8465525d0bb2854f74dfb1cf5dd0"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
strings:
$x1 = "https://akira" ascii
$x2 = ":\\akira\\" ascii
$x3 = ".akira" ascii
$x4 = "akira_readme.txt" ascii
$s1 = "--encryption_" ascii
$s2 = "--share_file" ascii
$s3 = { 00 24 52 65 63 79 63 6c 65 2e 42 69 6e 00 24 52 45 43 59 43 4c 45 2e 42 49 4e 00 }
$s4 = " PUBLIC KEY-----" ascii
$s5 = ".onion" ascii
$s6 = "/Esxi_Build_Esxi6/./" ascii nocase
$s7 = "No path to encrypt" ascii
$s8 = "-fork" fullword ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x457f and ( 3 of ( $x* ) or ( 1 of ( $x* ) and 4 of ( $s* ) ) or 6 of ( $s* ) )
}
Strings (12 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $x1 | text | "https://akira" | ascii |
| $x2 | text | ":\\akira\\" | ascii |
| $x3 | text | ".akira" | ascii |
| $x4 | text | "akira_readme.txt" | ascii |
| $s1 | text | "--encryption_" | ascii |
| $s2 | text | "--share_file" | ascii |
| $s3 | hex | { 00 24 52 65 63 79 63 6c 65 2e 42 69 6e 00 24 52 45 43 59 43 4c 45 2e 42 49 4e 00 } | |
| $s4 | text | " PUBLIC KEY-----" | ascii |
| $s5 | text | ".onion" | ascii |
| $s6 | text | "/Esxi_Build_Esxi6/./" | ascii nocase |
| $s7 | text | "No path to encrypt" | ascii |
| $s8 | text | "-fork" | fullword ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x457f and ( 3 of ( $x* ) or ( 1 of ( $x* ) and 4 of ( $s* ) ) or 6 of ( $s* ) )In plain words (Heuristic)
- At least 3 patterns in ( $x* ) must match.
- At least 1 patterns in ( $x* ) must match.
- At least 4 patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
- At least 6 patterns in ( $s* ) 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: 3ac144b3-c747-58e5-bc75-b3f90786f404
Tags:FILE
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