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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Goldenaxe

GoldenAxe ransomware payload

MalwareGoldenaxeditekSHen 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

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:
		description = "GoldenAxe ransomware payload"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "23874106-dbbb-5cb2-b61a-1661d8e2d868"
		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#L742-L763"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "6dfd88ce65acdfed4749e3b817b317c3c514ea42f892a7f5f95853c148507918"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"
		clamav_sig = "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)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"Go build ID: "ascii
$s2text"taskkill.exe"ascii
$s3text"cmd.exe"ascii
$s4text"Speak.Speak"ascii
$s5text"CLNTSRVRnull"ascii
$s6text"-----END"ascii
$s7text"-----BEGIN"ascii
$s8text".EncryptFile"ascii
$g1text"GoldenAxe/Utils."ascii
$g2text"GoldenAxe/Cryptography."ascii
$g3text"GoldenAxe/Walker."ascii
$g4text"C:/Users/alpha/go/src/GoldenAxe/"ascii
$g5text"'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).

Original rule

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_sigMALWARE.Win.Ransomware.GoldenAxe

Tags:FILE

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