YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Nemty
Detects Nemty/Nefilim ransomware
- Author
- ditekSHen
- Date
- 2020-11-06
- Modified
- 2024-11-01
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
Detects Nemty/Nefilim ransomware
Associated malware family: Nemty.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 17 patterns (17 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
malware-win-nemty.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Nemty : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects Nemty/Nefilim ransomware"
= "ditekSHen"
= "361269c6-5215-5ecf-869c-3c55ff8387e1"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-11-01"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L3553-L3577"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "dcebcddc472f4fb3bb34c35fc5a5424e54bfc3a262fdae10b189d210217b9b37"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
strings:
$s1 = "Go build ID:" ascii
$s2 = "GOMAXPROCSGetIfEntryGetVersionGlagoliticKharoshthiManichaeanOld_ItalicOld_PermicOld_TurkicOther_MathPOSTALCODEPhoenicianSaurasht" ascii
$s3 = "crypto/x509.ExtKeyUsage" ascii
$s4 = "crypto/x509.KeyUsageContentCommitment" ascii
$s5 = "DEK-Info header" ascii
$s6 = "GetUserProfileDirectoryWMagallanes Standard TimeMontevideo Standard TimeNorth Asia Standard TimePacific SA Standard TimeQueryPerformanceCounter" fullword ascii
$s7 = "*( - < = > k= m=%: +00+03+04+05+06+07+08+09+10+11+12+13+14-01-02-03-04-05-06-08-09-11-12..." ascii
$s8 = "Go cmd/compile go1.10" fullword ascii
$s9 = ".dllprogramdatarecycle.bin" ascii
$s10 = ".dll.exe.lnk.sys.url" ascii
$vx1_1 = "Fa1led to os.OpenFile()" ascii
$vx1_2 = "-HELP.txt" ascii
$vf1_1 = "main.CTREncrypt" fullword ascii
$vf1_2 = "main.FileSearch" fullword ascii
$vf1_3 = "main.getdrives" fullword ascii
$vf1_4 = "main.RSAEncrypt" fullword ascii
$vf1_5 = "main.SaveNote" fullword ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 9 of ( $s* ) or ( all of ( $vx* ) and 2 of ( $s* ) ) or all of ( $vf* ) )
}
Strings (17 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "Go build ID:" | ascii |
| $s2 | text | "GOMAXPROCSGetIfEntryGetVersionGlagoliticKharoshthiManichaeanOld_ItalicOld_PermicOld_TurkicOther_MathPOSTALCODEPhoenicianSaurasht" | ascii |
| $s3 | text | "crypto/x509.ExtKeyUsage" | ascii |
| $s4 | text | "crypto/x509.KeyUsageContentCommitment" | ascii |
| $s5 | text | "DEK-Info header" | ascii |
| $s6 | text | "GetUserProfileDirectoryWMagallanes Standard TimeMontevideo Standard TimeNorth Asia Standard TimePacific SA Standard TimeQueryPerformanceCounter" | fullword ascii |
| $s7 | text | "*( - < = > k= m=%: +00+03+04+05+06+07+08+09+10+11+12+13+14-01-02-03-04-05-06-08-09-11-12..." | ascii |
| $s8 | text | "Go cmd/compile go1.10" | fullword ascii |
| $s9 | text | ".dllprogramdatarecycle.bin" | ascii |
| $s10 | text | ".dll.exe.lnk.sys.url" | ascii |
| $vx1_1 | text | "Fa1led to os.OpenFile()" | ascii |
| $vx1_2 | text | "-HELP.txt" | ascii |
| $vf1_1 | text | "main.CTREncrypt" | fullword ascii |
| $vf1_2 | text | "main.FileSearch" | fullword ascii |
| $vf1_3 | text | "main.getdrives" | fullword ascii |
| $vf1_4 | text | "main.RSAEncrypt" | fullword ascii |
| $vf1_5 | text | "main.SaveNote" | fullword ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 9 of ( $s* ) or ( all of ( $vx* ) and 2 of ( $s* ) ) or all of ( $vf* ) )In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- All patterns in ( $vx* ) must match.
- All patterns in ( $vf* ) must match.
- At least 9 patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
- At least 2 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: 361269c6-5215-5ecf-869c-3c55ff8387e1
Tags:FILE
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