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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Bitcoingrabber

Detects generic bitcoin stealer

MalwareBitcoingrabberditekSHen 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

Detects generic bitcoin stealer

Associated malware family: Bitcoingrabber.

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 9 patterns (9 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

malware-win-bitcoingrabber.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Bitcoingrabber : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects generic bitcoin stealer"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "f73b58da-1db5-5767-ae0a-074648e30966"
		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#L5859-L5875"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "2dc762525c1fbf25517df52f0561d96d7469bf1367eada31c236fc313001c6cb"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$s1 = "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run" wide
		$s2 = "Bitcoin-Grabber" ascii
		$s3 = "Bitcoin_Grabber" ascii
		$s4 = "encrypt resources [compress]T" fullword ascii
		$s5 = "code control flow obfuscationT" fullword ascii
		$s6 = "\\Users\\lakol\\Desktop\\a\\Crypto Currency Wallet Changer\\" ascii
		$pat1 = "\\b(bc1|[13])[a-zA-HJ-NP-Z0-9]{26,35}\\b" fullword wide
		$pat2 = "\\b0x[a-fA-F0-9]{40}\\b" fullword wide
		$pat3 = "\\b4([0-9]|[A-B])(.){93}\\b" fullword wide

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 4 of ( $s* ) or ( all of ( $pat* ) and 2 of ( $s* ) )
}

Strings (9 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run"wide
$s2text"Bitcoin-Grabber"ascii
$s3text"Bitcoin_Grabber"ascii
$s4text"encrypt resources [compress]T"fullword ascii
$s5text"code control flow obfuscationT"fullword ascii
$s6text"\\Users\\lakol\\Desktop\\a\\Crypto Currency Wallet Changer\\"ascii
$pat1text"\\b(bc1|[13])[a-zA-HJ-NP-Z0-9]{26,35}\\b"fullword wide
$pat2text"\\b0x[a-fA-F0-9]{40}\\b"fullword wide
$pat3text"\\b4([0-9]|[A-B])(.){93}\\b"fullword wide

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 4 of ( $s* ) or ( all of ( $pat* ) and 2 of ( $s* ) )

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • All patterns in ( $pat* ) must match.
  • At least 4 patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
  • At least 2 patterns in ( $s* ) 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: f73b58da-1db5-5767-ae0a-074648e30966

Tags:FILE