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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Karaganycore

Detects Karagany/xFrost core plugin

MalwareKaraganycoreditekSHen 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 Karagany/xFrost core plugin

Associated malware family: Karaganycore.

Targets: Windows PE.

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

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

Download .yar
malware-win-karaganycore.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Karaganycore : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects Karagany/xFrost core plugin"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "c066805b-9373-5524-aff9-d16cd59f5a24"
		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#L3013-L3027"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "cde96ac6477fda1312ce4f7532018c9f11df7d39c40155d10bdde0e3d84c6d57"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$s1 = "127.0.0.1" fullword ascii
		$s2 = "port" fullword ascii
		$s3 = "C:\\Windows\\System32\\Kernel32.dll" fullword ascii
		$s4 = "kernel32.dll" fullword ascii
		$s5 = "http" ascii
		$s6 = "Move" fullword ascii
		$s7 = "<supportedOS Id=\"{" ascii

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

Strings (7 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"127.0.0.1"fullword ascii
$s2text"port"fullword ascii
$s3text"C:\\Windows\\System32\\Kernel32.dll"fullword ascii
$s4text"kernel32.dll"fullword ascii
$s5text"http"ascii
$s6text"Move"fullword ascii
$s7text"<supportedOS Id=\"{"ascii

Condition

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

In plain words (Heuristic)

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

Original rule

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

Rule id: c066805b-9373-5524-aff9-d16cd59f5a24

Tags:FILE

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