YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Aurora
Aurora ransomware payload
- Author
- ditekSHen
- Date
- 2020-11-06
- Modified
- 2024-11-01
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
Aurora ransomware payload
Associated malware family: Aurora.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 13 patterns (13 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
malware-win-aurora.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Aurora : FILE
{
meta:
= "Aurora ransomware payload"
= "ditekSHen"
= "d3eafe9c-c8d9-5744-ba5d-4eb0249cceea"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-11-01"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L849-L869"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "056bb11e8b947ef90462503db82b2001e4a5d4847fad9c0d5d771384a80d779a"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
strings:
$s1 = "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run" fullword ascii wide
$s2 = "#DECRYPT_MY_FILES#.txt" fullword ascii
$s3 = "/gen.php?generate=" fullword ascii
$s4 = "geoplugin.net/php.gp" ascii
$s5 = "/end.php?id=" fullword ascii
$s6 = "wotreplay" fullword ascii
$s7 = "moneywell" fullword ascii
$s8 = "{btc}" fullword ascii
$s9 = ".?AV_Locimp@locale@std@@" ascii
$s10 = ".?AV?$codecvt@DDU_Mbstatet@@@std@@" ascii
$s11 = ".?AU_Crt_new_delete@std@@" ascii
$pdb1 = "\\z0ddak\\Desktop\\source\\Release\\Ransom.pdb" ascii
$pdb2 = "\\Desktop\\source\\Release\\Ransom.pdb" ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( ( 1 of ( $pdb* ) and 5 of ( $s* ) ) or ( 8 of them ) )
}
Strings (13 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run" | fullword ascii wide |
| $s2 | text | "#DECRYPT_MY_FILES#.txt" | fullword ascii |
| $s3 | text | "/gen.php?generate=" | fullword ascii |
| $s4 | text | "geoplugin.net/php.gp" | ascii |
| $s5 | text | "/end.php?id=" | fullword ascii |
| $s6 | text | "wotreplay" | fullword ascii |
| $s7 | text | "moneywell" | fullword ascii |
| $s8 | text | "{btc}" | fullword ascii |
| $s9 | text | ".?AV_Locimp@locale@std@@" | ascii |
| $s10 | text | ".?AV?$codecvt@DDU_Mbstatet@@@std@@" | ascii |
| $s11 | text | ".?AU_Crt_new_delete@std@@" | ascii |
| $pdb1 | text | "\\z0ddak\\Desktop\\source\\Release\\Ransom.pdb" | ascii |
| $pdb2 | text | "\\Desktop\\source\\Release\\Ransom.pdb" | ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( ( 1 of ( $pdb* ) and 5 of ( $s* ) ) or ( 8 of them ) )In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- At least 1 patterns in ( $pdb* ) must match.
- At least 5 patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
- At least 8 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: d3eafe9c-c8d9-5744-ba5d-4eb0249cceea
Tags:FILE
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