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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Linux_Kinsing

Kinsing RAT payload

MalwareKinsingditekSHen detectionBSD 2-Clause LicenseCompiles with YARA-X
Author
ditekSHen
Date
2020-11-06
Modified
2024-11-01
Score / Quality
75 / 75

What this rule detects

Kinsing RAT payload

Associated malware family: Kinsing.

It defines 8 patterns (8 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

Download .yar
malware-linux-kinsing.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Linux_Kinsing : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Kinsing RAT payload"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "b13d2c36-c8d3-5138-9e9a-8b5390a93c8d"
		date = "2020-11-06"
		modified = "2024-11-01"
		reference = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
		source_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L1361-L1376"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "566eb7d1864e3a8088ad4f5d032d6d62a33080bbfc5c20c2520315cfc8146afc"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$s1 = "backconnect" ascii
		$s2 = "connectForSocks" ascii
		$s3 = "downloadAndExecute" ascii
		$s4 = "download_and_exec" ascii
		$s5 = "masscan" ascii
		$s6 = "UpdateCommand:" ascii
		$s7 = "exec_out" ascii
		$s8 = "doTask with type %s" ascii

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x457f and 6 of them
}

Strings (8 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"backconnect"ascii
$s2text"connectForSocks"ascii
$s3text"downloadAndExecute"ascii
$s4text"download_and_exec"ascii
$s5text"masscan"ascii
$s6text"UpdateCommand:"ascii
$s7text"exec_out"ascii
$s8text"doTask with type %s"ascii

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x457f and 6 of them

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • At least 6 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).

Original rule

Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.

Rule id: b13d2c36-c8d3-5138-9e9a-8b5390a93c8d

Tags:FILE

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