YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Osx_AMCPCVARK
Detects OSX TechyUtils/PCVARK adware
- Author
- ditekSHen
- Date
- 2020-11-06
- Modified
- 2024-11-01
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
Detects OSX TechyUtils/PCVARK adware
Associated malware family: AMCPCVARK.
It defines 14 patterns (14 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
malware-osx-amcpcvark.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Osx_AMCPCVARK : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects OSX TechyUtils/PCVARK adware"
= "ditekSHen"
= "1378364b-db10-5194-98f8-5347504a92e6"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-11-01"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L3114-L3139"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "b18a9f578af98feb5107d9ef85850457ba5921ab58af7b097a815e3af74f05f7"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
= "MALWARE.Osx.Adware.AMC-PCVARK-TechyUtils"
strings:
$s1 = "Mac Auto Fixer.app" fullword ascii
$s2 = "com.techyutil.macautofixer" fullword ascii
$s3 = "com.findApp.findApp" ascii
$s4 = "Library/Preferences/%@.plist" fullword ascii
$s5 = "Library/%@/%@" fullword ascii
$s6 = "Library/Application Support/%@/%@" fullword ascii
$s7 = "sleep 3; rm -rf \"%@\"" fullword ascii
$s8 = "Silently calling url: %@" ascii
$cnc1 = "cloudfront.net/getdetails" ascii
$cnc2 = "trk.entiretrack.com/trackerwcfsrv/tracker.svc/trackOffersAccepted/?" ascii
$cnc3 = "pxl=%@&x-count=1&utm_source=%@&lpid=0&utm_content=&utm_term=&x-base=&utm_medium=%@&utm_publisher=%@&offerpxl=&x-fetch=1&utm_campaign=@&affiliateid=&x-at=&btnid=" ascii
$x1 = "mafsysinfo" fullword ascii
$x2 = "MAF4497_MAF4399_MAF2204" ascii
$developerid = "Developer ID Application: Rahul Gahlot (RZ74UYT742)" ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0xfacf and ( 6 of ( $s* ) or 2 of ( $cnc* ) or all of ( $x* ) or $developerid )
}
Strings (14 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "Mac Auto Fixer.app" | fullword ascii |
| $s2 | text | "com.techyutil.macautofixer" | fullword ascii |
| $s3 | text | "com.findApp.findApp" | ascii |
| $s4 | text | "Library/Preferences/%@.plist" | fullword ascii |
| $s5 | text | "Library/%@/%@" | fullword ascii |
| $s6 | text | "Library/Application Support/%@/%@" | fullword ascii |
| $s7 | text | "sleep 3; rm -rf \"%@\"" | fullword ascii |
| $s8 | text | "Silently calling url: %@" | ascii |
| $cnc1 | text | "cloudfront.net/getdetails" | ascii |
| $cnc2 | text | "trk.entiretrack.com/trackerwcfsrv/tracker.svc/trackOffersAccepted/?" | ascii |
| $cnc3 | text | "pxl=%@&x-count=1&utm_source=%@&lpid=0&utm_content=&utm_term=&x-base=&utm_medium=%@&utm_publisher=%@&offerpxl=&x-fetch=1&utm_campaign=@&affiliateid=&x-at=&btnid … | ascii |
| $x1 | text | "mafsysinfo" | fullword ascii |
| $x2 | text | "MAF4497_MAF4399_MAF2204" | ascii |
| $developerid | text | "Developer ID Application: Rahul Gahlot (RZ74UYT742)" | ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0xfacf and ( 6 of ( $s* ) or 2 of ( $cnc* ) or all of ( $x* ) or $developerid )In plain words (Heuristic)
- All patterns in ( $x* ) must match.
- At least 6 patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
- At least 2 patterns in ( $cnc* ) must match.
- Pattern $developerid must be present.
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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: 1378364b-db10-5194-98f8-5347504a92e6
Metadata
| clamav_sig | MALWARE.Osx.Adware.AMC-PCVARK-TechyUtils |
|---|
Tags:FILE
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