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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Protonbot

Detects ProtonBot loader

MalwareProtonbotditekSHen 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 ProtonBot loader

Associated malware family: Protonbot.

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 9 patterns (9 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

malware-win-protonbot.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Protonbot : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects ProtonBot loader"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "b0d08378-0297-5e70-99f1-1dc0fec6fa01"
		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#L2952-L2969"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "b511dfd47109d36ffc7fcb23b49779e1164d50a28061ab724d7a2c744ac23ac8"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"
		clamav_sig = "MALWARE.Win.Trojan.ProtonBot"

	strings:
		$x1 = "\\PROTON\\Release\\build.pdb" ascii
		$x2 = "\\proton\\proton bot\\json.hpp" wide
		$x3 = "proton bot" ascii wide
		$s1 = "endptr == token_buffer.data() + token_buffer.size()" fullword wide
		$s2 = "ranges.size() == 2 or ranges.size() == 4 or ranges.size() == 6" fullword wide
		$s3 = "ref_stack.back()->is_array() or ref_stack.back()->is_object()" fullword wide
		$s4 = "ktmw32.dll" fullword ascii
		$s5 = "@detail@nlohmann@@" ascii
		$s6 = "urlmon.dll" fullword ascii

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 2 of ( $x* ) or ( all of ( $s* ) and 1 of ( $x* ) ) )
}

Strings (9 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$x1text"\\PROTON\\Release\\build.pdb"ascii
$x2text"\\proton\\proton bot\\json.hpp"wide
$x3text"proton bot"ascii wide
$s1text"endptr == token_buffer.data() + token_buffer.size()"fullword wide
$s2text"ranges.size() == 2 or ranges.size() == 4 or ranges.size() == 6"fullword wide
$s3text"ref_stack.back()->is_array() or ref_stack.back()->is_object()"fullword wide
$s4text"ktmw32.dll"fullword ascii
$s5text"@detail@nlohmann@@"ascii
$s6text"urlmon.dll"fullword ascii

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 2 of ( $x* ) or ( all of ( $s* ) and 1 of ( $x* ) ) )

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • All patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
  • At least 2 patterns in ( $x* ) 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: b0d08378-0297-5e70-99f1-1dc0fec6fa01

Metadata

clamav_sigMALWARE.Win.Trojan.ProtonBot

Tags:FILE