YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Houdiniconfig
Detects Houdini Trojan configurations
- Author
- ditekshen
- Date
- 2020-11-06
- Modified
- 2024-11-01
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
Detects Houdini Trojan configurations
Associated malware family: Houdiniconfig.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 8 patterns (8 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
malware-win-houdiniconfig.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Houdiniconfig : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects Houdini Trojan configurations"
= "ditekshen"
= "e4f974fe-731e-55a8-aa5f-068a1e62f54d"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-11-01"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/back-in-2017"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L11600-L11616"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "70a67c9a91d2f82184f1d7a5ea51de911a054dd4e38e2cc36f495ed59219afab"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
strings:
$s1 = "install_name="
$s2 = "nick_name="
$s3 = "install_folder="
$s4 = "reg_startup="
$s5 = "startup_folder_startup="
$s6 = "task_startup="
$s7 = "injection="
$s8 = "injection_process"
condition:
( uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 5 of them ) or ( all of them )
}
Strings (8 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "install_name=" | |
| $s2 | text | "nick_name=" | |
| $s3 | text | "install_folder=" | |
| $s4 | text | "reg_startup=" | |
| $s5 | text | "startup_folder_startup=" | |
| $s6 | text | "task_startup=" | |
| $s7 | text | "injection=" | |
| $s8 | text | "injection_process" |
Condition
( uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 5 of them ) or ( all of them )In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- All patterns in the rule must match.
- At least 5 patterns in the rule must match.
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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: e4f974fe-731e-55a8-aa5f-068a1e62f54d
Tags:FILE
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