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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Browsergrabber

Hunt for FOXGRABBER-like samples but for various browsers

MalwareBrowsergrabberditekSHen 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

Hunt for FOXGRABBER-like samples but for various browsers

Associated malware family: Browsergrabber.

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 7 patterns (6 text, 0 hex, 1 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

malware-win-browsergrabber.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Browsergrabber : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Hunt for FOXGRABBER-like samples but for various browsers"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "a50a60cf-5ab8-5e4e-be00-aa0306f4d84f"
		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#L5892-L5906"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "c96a63566280758d8c32542bfab3c6faa7d21329430345f51ea4c2f0a6809dc2"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$s1 = "start grabbing" wide
		$s2 = "end grabbing in" wide
		$s3 = "error of copying files from comp:" wide
		$s4 = /(Chrome|Edge)/ wide
		$ff = "\\Firefox\\" wide nocase
		$pdb1 = "\\obj\\Debug\\grab" ascii
		$pdb2 = "\\obj\\Release\\grab" ascii

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and not ( $ff ) and ( all of ( $s* ) or ( 1 of ( $pdb* ) and 1 of ( $s* ) ) )
}

Strings (7 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"start grabbing"wide
$s2text"end grabbing in"wide
$s3text"error of copying files from comp:"wide
$s4regex/(Chrome|Edge)/wide
$fftext"\\Firefox\\"wide nocase
$pdb1text"\\obj\\Debug\\grab"ascii
$pdb2text"\\obj\\Release\\grab"ascii

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and not ( $ff ) and ( all of ( $s* ) or ( 1 of ( $pdb* ) and 1 of ( $s* ) ) )

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • All patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
  • At least 1 patterns in ( $pdb* ) must match.
  • At least 1 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: a50a60cf-5ab8-5e4e-be00-aa0306f4d84f

Tags:FILE