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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Apocalypse

Apocalypse infostealer payload

MalwareApocalypseditekSHen 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

Apocalypse infostealer payload

Associated malware family: Apocalypse.

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 10 patterns (10 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

malware-win-apocalypse.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Apocalypse : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Apocalypse infostealer payload"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "f1fa6642-fe42-57e7-a1bc-0f59815049f8"
		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#L1598-L1615"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "d18ac492ad57cf390f20693cb47ae2c6e3dbdd921fa846130a4bc20047e1aa27"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$s1 = "OpenClipboard" fullword ascii
		$s2 = "SendARP" fullword ascii
		$s3 = "GetWebRequest" fullword ascii
		$s4 = "DotNetGuard" fullword ascii
		$s5 = "set_CreateNoWindow" fullword ascii
		$s6 = "UploadFile" fullword ascii
		$s7 = "GetHINSTANCE" fullword ascii
		$s8 = "Kill" fullword ascii
		$s9 = "GetProcesses" fullword ascii
		$s10 = "get_PrimaryScreen" fullword ascii

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and all of them
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"OpenClipboard"fullword ascii
$s2text"SendARP"fullword ascii
$s3text"GetWebRequest"fullword ascii
$s4text"DotNetGuard"fullword ascii
$s5text"set_CreateNoWindow"fullword ascii
$s6text"UploadFile"fullword ascii
$s7text"GetHINSTANCE"fullword ascii
$s8text"Kill"fullword ascii
$s9text"GetProcesses"fullword ascii
$s10text"get_PrimaryScreen"fullword ascii

Condition

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

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • All 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: f1fa6642-fe42-57e7-a1bc-0f59815049f8

Tags:FILE