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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Povertystealer

Detects PovertyStealer

MalwarePovertystealerditekSHen 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 PovertyStealer

Associated malware family: Povertystealer.

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 5 patterns (5 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

Download .yar
malware-win-povertystealer.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Povertystealer : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects PovertyStealer"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "a431b82a-81cb-51a9-b3a8-61d71f36a60e"
		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#L10904-L10917"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "0d8a4dd1f3a9935935878840d19e16d91d240da776f99eb2dd3f12df96efa1d9"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"
		clamav1 = "MALWARE.Win.Trojan.PovertyStealer"

	strings:
		$x1 = "Poverty is the parent of crime." ascii
		$s2 = "OperationSystem: %d:%d:%d" ascii
		$s3 = "ScreenSize: {lWidth=%d, lHeight=%d}" ascii
		$s4 = "VideoAdapter #%d: %s" ascii
		$s5 = "$d.log" fullword wide

	condition:
		(( uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 1 of ( $x* ) or all of ( $s* ) ) ) or all of them )
}

Strings (5 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$x1text"Poverty is the parent of crime."ascii
$s2text"OperationSystem: %d:%d:%d"ascii
$s3text"ScreenSize: {lWidth=%d, lHeight=%d}"ascii
$s4text"VideoAdapter #%d: %s"ascii
$s5text"$d.log"fullword wide

Condition

(( uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 1 of ( $x* ) or all of ( $s* ) ) ) or all of them )

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • All patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
  • All patterns in the rule must match.
  • At least 1 patterns in ( $x* ) 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: a431b82a-81cb-51a9-b3a8-61d71f36a60e

Metadata

clamav1MALWARE.Win.Trojan.PovertyStealer

Tags:FILE

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