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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Breakwin
Detects BreakWin Wiper
- Author
- ditekSHen
- Date
- 2020-11-06
- Modified
- 2024-11-01
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
Detects BreakWin Wiper
Associated malware family: Breakwin.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 11 patterns (11 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
malware-win-breakwin.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Breakwin : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects BreakWin Wiper"
= "ditekSHen"
= "4ffadbfa-c1cc-59e6-a9ba-7a34eca6c3fe"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-11-01"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L7453-L7471"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "86fc89e28fc107c2d4fe98dc16048d9e076b1fef53a3df0814f80a88bbe09c48"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
strings:
$s1 = "Started wiping file %s with %s." fullword wide
$s2 = "C:\\Program Files\\Lock My PC" wide
$s3 = "Stardust is still alive." fullword wide
$s4 = "Failed to terminate the locker process." fullword wide
$s5 = "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe" fullword wide
$s6 = "Process created successfully. Executed command: %s." fullword wide
$s7 = "locker_background_image_path" fullword ascii
$s8 = "takeown.exe /F \"C:\\Windows\\Web\\Screen\" /R /A /D Y" fullword ascii
$s9 = "icacls.exe \"C:\\Windows\\Web\\Screen\" /reset /T" fullword ascii
$s10 = "takeown.exe /F \"C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\SystemData\" /R /A /D Y" fullword ascii
$s11 = ".?AVProcessSnapshotCreationFailedException@@" fullword ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 4 of them
}
Strings (11 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "Started wiping file %s with %s." | fullword wide |
| $s2 | text | "C:\\Program Files\\Lock My PC" | wide |
| $s3 | text | "Stardust is still alive." | fullword wide |
| $s4 | text | "Failed to terminate the locker process." | fullword wide |
| $s5 | text | "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe" | fullword wide |
| $s6 | text | "Process created successfully. Executed command: %s." | fullword wide |
| $s7 | text | "locker_background_image_path" | fullword ascii |
| $s8 | text | "takeown.exe /F \"C:\\Windows\\Web\\Screen\" /R /A /D Y" | fullword ascii |
| $s9 | text | "icacls.exe \"C:\\Windows\\Web\\Screen\" /reset /T" | fullword ascii |
| $s10 | text | "takeown.exe /F \"C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\SystemData\" /R /A /D Y" | fullword ascii |
| $s11 | text | ".?AVProcessSnapshotCreationFailedException@@" | fullword ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 4 of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- At least 4 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: 4ffadbfa-c1cc-59e6-a9ba-7a34eca6c3fe
Tags:FILE
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