YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Osx_Genieo
Detects LinqurySearch/Genieo adware
- Author
- ditekSHen
- Date
- 2020-11-06
- Modified
- 2024-11-01
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
Detects LinqurySearch/Genieo adware
Associated malware family: Genieo.
It defines 10 patterns (9 text, 0 hex, 1 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
malware-osx-genieo.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Osx_Genieo : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects LinqurySearch/Genieo adware"
= "ditekSHen"
= "ac44eefd-bf1c-5d4b-bcd4-9a5d394ac1d3"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-11-01"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L3094-L3112"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "951dc8539435a52d9eea00b3fdaf98cf618c03867066819f2f9244165e57c675"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
= "MALWARE.Osx.Trojan.Genieo"
strings:
$s1 = "<key>com.apple.security.get-task-allow</key>" fullword ascii
$s2 = "U1QQFXAfCxAfRUNCH1JZXh9" ascii
$s3 = "XVFTQ1VRQlNYH" ascii
$s4 = "dF9HXlxfUVQQVUJCX0IQHRB" ascii
$s5 = "Value:forHTTPHeaderField:" ascii
$s6 = "postContent:::" fullword ascii
$s7 = "postLog:" fullword ascii
$s8 = "initWithBase64EncodedString:options:" fullword ascii
$s9 = "do shell script \"%@\" with administrator privileges" fullword ascii
$s10 = /LinqurySearch-[a-f0-9]{40,}/
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0xfacf and 6 of them
}
Strings (10 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "<key>com.apple.security.get-task-allow</key>" | fullword ascii |
| $s2 | text | "U1QQFXAfCxAfRUNCH1JZXh9" | ascii |
| $s3 | text | "XVFTQ1VRQlNYH" | ascii |
| $s4 | text | "dF9HXlxfUVQQVUJCX0IQHRB" | ascii |
| $s5 | text | "Value:forHTTPHeaderField:" | ascii |
| $s6 | text | "postContent:::" | fullword ascii |
| $s7 | text | "postLog:" | fullword ascii |
| $s8 | text | "initWithBase64EncodedString:options:" | fullword ascii |
| $s9 | text | "do shell script \"%@\" with administrator privileges" | fullword ascii |
| $s10 | regex | /LinqurySearch-[a-f0-9]{40,}/ |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0xfacf and 6 of themIn 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).
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: ac44eefd-bf1c-5d4b-bcd4-9a5d394ac1d3
Metadata
| clamav_sig | MALWARE.Osx.Trojan.Genieo |
|---|
Tags:FILE
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