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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Goldenaxe
GoldenAxe ransomware payload
- Author
- ditekSHen
- Date
- 2020-11-06
- Modified
- 2024-11-01
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
GoldenAxe ransomware payload
Associated malware family: Goldenaxe.
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-goldenaxe.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Goldenaxe : FILE
{
meta:
= "GoldenAxe ransomware payload"
= "ditekSHen"
= "23874106-dbbb-5cb2-b61a-1661d8e2d868"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-11-01"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L742-L763"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "6dfd88ce65acdfed4749e3b817b317c3c514ea42f892a7f5f95853c148507918"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
= "MALWARE.Win.Ransomware.GoldenAxe"
strings:
$s1 = "Go build ID: " ascii
$s2 = "taskkill.exe" ascii
$s3 = "cmd.exe" ascii
$s4 = "Speak.Speak" ascii
$s5 = "CLNTSRVRnull" ascii
$s6 = "-----END" ascii
$s7 = "-----BEGIN" ascii
$s8 = ".EncryptFile" ascii
$g1 = "GoldenAxe/Utils." ascii
$g2 = "GoldenAxe/Cryptography." ascii
$g3 = "GoldenAxe/Walker." ascii
$g4 = "C:/Users/alpha/go/src/GoldenAxe/" ascii
$g5 = "'Golden Axe ransomware'" ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( all of ( $s* ) or ( 1 of ( $g* ) and 1 of ( $s* ) ) )
}
Strings (13 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "Go build ID: " | ascii |
| $s2 | text | "taskkill.exe" | ascii |
| $s3 | text | "cmd.exe" | ascii |
| $s4 | text | "Speak.Speak" | ascii |
| $s5 | text | "CLNTSRVRnull" | ascii |
| $s6 | text | "-----END" | ascii |
| $s7 | text | "-----BEGIN" | ascii |
| $s8 | text | ".EncryptFile" | ascii |
| $g1 | text | "GoldenAxe/Utils." | ascii |
| $g2 | text | "GoldenAxe/Cryptography." | ascii |
| $g3 | text | "GoldenAxe/Walker." | ascii |
| $g4 | text | "C:/Users/alpha/go/src/GoldenAxe/" | ascii |
| $g5 | text | "'Golden Axe ransomware'" | ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( all of ( $s* ) or ( 1 of ( $g* ) 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 ( $g* ) 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).
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: 23874106-dbbb-5cb2-b61a-1661d8e2d868
Metadata
| clamav_sig | MALWARE.Win.Ransomware.GoldenAxe |
|---|
Tags:FILE
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