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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Greetingghoul

Detects GreetingGhoul Cryptocurrency Infostealer

MalwareGreetingghoulditekSHen 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 GreetingGhoul Cryptocurrency Infostealer

Associated malware family: Greetingghoul.

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 10 patterns (10 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

Download .yar
malware-win-greetingghoul.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Greetingghoul : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects GreetingGhoul Cryptocurrency Infostealer"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "42791b26-1cda-5bf3-b955-9de2dda1d63b"
		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#L9662-L9679"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "5a2635066df031ba6e291c3ba14f9ed85bf3247c82c66eb1b3d3618fdebb47a6"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$s1 = "peer_list" fullword ascii
		$s2 = "seed_hash" fullword ascii
		$s3 = "pool_id" fullword ascii
		$s4 = "%smutex=%s:%lu" ascii
		$s5 = "miner.cfg" fullword ascii
		$s6 = "{\"method\": \"%s\"%s}" ascii
		$s7 = "/app/manager/%s" ascii
		$s8 = "X-VNC-STATUS" fullword ascii
		$s9 = "%s\\%lu.zip" fullword ascii
		$s10 = "\\??\\%programdata%\\" wide

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 6 of them
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"peer_list"fullword ascii
$s2text"seed_hash"fullword ascii
$s3text"pool_id"fullword ascii
$s4text"%smutex=%s:%lu"ascii
$s5text"miner.cfg"fullword ascii
$s6text"{\"method\": \"%s\"%s}"ascii
$s7text"/app/manager/%s"ascii
$s8text"X-VNC-STATUS"fullword ascii
$s9text"%s\\%lu.zip"fullword ascii
$s10text"\\??\\%programdata%\\"wide

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 6 of them

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • At least 6 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).

Original rule

Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.

Rule id: 42791b26-1cda-5bf3-b955-9de2dda1d63b

Tags:FILE

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