YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Ransomexx
Detects RansomEXX ransomware
- Author
- ditekshen
- Date
- 2020-11-06
- Modified
- 2024-11-01
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
Detects RansomEXX ransomware
Associated malware family: Ransomexx.
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-ransomexx.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Ransomexx : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects RansomEXX ransomware"
= "ditekshen"
= "4d1294de-d73c-5f9c-adb7-18ce5b5aca9f"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-11-01"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L2539-L2555"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "351398d89b847b3439fa58b7aab50f3c6e48be27877d3f8b85cc78e994413ecc"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
= "MALWARE.Win.Ransomware.RansomEXX"
strings:
$id = "ransom.exx" ascii
$s1 = "!TXDOT_READ_ME!.txt" fullword wide
$s2 = "debug.txt" fullword wide
$s3 = ".txd0t" fullword wide
$s4 = "crypt_detect" fullword wide
$s5 = "powershell.exe" fullword wide
$s6 = "cipher.exe" fullword ascii wide
$s7 = "?ReflectiveLoader@@" ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( ( $id and 3 of ( $s* ) ) or all of ( $* ) )
}
Strings (8 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $id | text | "ransom.exx" | ascii |
| $s1 | text | "!TXDOT_READ_ME!.txt" | fullword wide |
| $s2 | text | "debug.txt" | fullword wide |
| $s3 | text | ".txd0t" | fullword wide |
| $s4 | text | "crypt_detect" | fullword wide |
| $s5 | text | "powershell.exe" | fullword wide |
| $s6 | text | "cipher.exe" | fullword ascii wide |
| $s7 | text | "?ReflectiveLoader@@" | ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( ( $id and 3 of ( $s* ) ) or all of ( $* ) )In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- All patterns in ( $* ) must match.
- At least 3 patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
- Pattern $id must be present.
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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: 4d1294de-d73c-5f9c-adb7-18ce5b5aca9f
Metadata
| clamav_sig | MALWARE.Win.Ransomware.RansomEXX |
|---|
Tags:FILE
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