YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Suncrypt
Detects SunCrypt ransomware
- Author
- ditekSHen
- Date
- 2020-11-06
- Modified
- 2024-11-01
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 73
What this rule detects
Detects SunCrypt ransomware
Associated malware family: Suncrypt.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 31 patterns (31 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
malware-win-suncrypt.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Suncrypt : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects SunCrypt ransomware"
= "ditekSHen"
= "1a28fcbf-1fc0-5f18-ae71-2e813ed0f958"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-11-01"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L4494-L4532"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "abde9bbf2577304ff059972a38e803ba17de7a1f0346efe880a710f2ad79db37"
= 75
= 73
= "FILE"
strings:
$s1 = "-noshares" fullword wide
$s2 = "-nomutex" fullword wide
$s3 = "-noreport" fullword wide
$s4 = "-noservices" fullword wide
$s5 = "$Recycle.bin" fullword wide
$s6 = "YOUR_FILES_ARE_ENCRYPTED.HTML" fullword wide
$s7 = "\\\\?\\%c:" fullword wide
$s8 = "locker.exe" fullword ascii
$s9 = "DllRegisterServer" fullword ascii
$g1 = "main.EncFile" fullword ascii nocase
$g2 = "main.detectName" fullword ascii nocase
$g3 = "main.detectIP" fullword ascii nocase
$g4 = "main.detectDebugProc" fullword ascii nocase
$g5 = "main.Bypass" ascii nocase
$g6 = "main.allocateMemory" fullword ascii nocase
$g7 = "main.killAV" fullword ascii nocase
$g8 = "main.disableShadowCopy" fullword ascii nocase
$g9 = "main.(*windowsDrivesModel).LoadDrives" fullword ascii nocase
$g10 = "main.IsFriends" fullword ascii nocase
$g11 = "main.walkMsg" fullword ascii nocase
$g12 = "main.makeSecretMessage" fullword ascii nocase
$g13 = "main.stealFiles" fullword ascii nocase
$g14 = "main.newKey" fullword ascii nocase
$g15 = "main.openBrowser" fullword ascii nocase
$g16 = "main.killProc" fullword ascii nocase
$g17 = "main.selfRemove" fullword ascii nocase
$m1 = "<h2>\\x20Offline\\x20HowTo\\x20</h2>\\x0a\\x09\\x09\\x09\\x09<p>Copy\\x20&\\x20Paste\\x20this\\x20message\\x20to" ascii
$m2 = "\\x20restore\\x20your\\x20files." ascii
$m3 = "\\x20your\\x20documents\\x20and\\x20files\\x20encrypted" ascii
$m4 = "\\x20lose\\x20all\\x20of\\x20your\\x20data\\x20and\\x20files." ascii
$m5 = ",'/#/client/','<h2>\\x20Whats\\x20Happen" ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 5 of ( $s* ) or 6 of ( $g* ) or 3 of ( $m* ) )
}
Strings (31 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "-noshares" | fullword wide |
| $s2 | text | "-nomutex" | fullword wide |
| $s3 | text | "-noreport" | fullword wide |
| $s4 | text | "-noservices" | fullword wide |
| $s5 | text | "$Recycle.bin" | fullword wide |
| $s6 | text | "YOUR_FILES_ARE_ENCRYPTED.HTML" | fullword wide |
| $s7 | text | "\\\\?\\%c:" | fullword wide |
| $s8 | text | "locker.exe" | fullword ascii |
| $s9 | text | "DllRegisterServer" | fullword ascii |
| $g1 | text | "main.EncFile" | fullword ascii nocase |
| $g2 | text | "main.detectName" | fullword ascii nocase |
| $g3 | text | "main.detectIP" | fullword ascii nocase |
| $g4 | text | "main.detectDebugProc" | fullword ascii nocase |
| $g5 | text | "main.Bypass" | ascii nocase |
| $g6 | text | "main.allocateMemory" | fullword ascii nocase |
| $g7 | text | "main.killAV" | fullword ascii nocase |
| $g8 | text | "main.disableShadowCopy" | fullword ascii nocase |
| $g9 | text | "main.(*windowsDrivesModel).LoadDrives" | fullword ascii nocase |
| $g10 | text | "main.IsFriends" | fullword ascii nocase |
| $g11 | text | "main.walkMsg" | fullword ascii nocase |
| $g12 | text | "main.makeSecretMessage" | fullword ascii nocase |
| $g13 | text | "main.stealFiles" | fullword ascii nocase |
| $g14 | text | "main.newKey" | fullword ascii nocase |
| $g15 | text | "main.openBrowser" | fullword ascii nocase |
| $g16 | text | "main.killProc" | fullword ascii nocase |
| $g17 | text | "main.selfRemove" | fullword ascii nocase |
| $m1 | text | "<h2>\\x20Offline\\x20HowTo\\x20</h2>\\x0a\\x09\\x09\\x09\\x09<p>Copy\\x20&\\x20Paste\\x20this\\x20message\\x20to" | ascii |
| $m2 | text | "\\x20restore\\x20your\\x20files." | ascii |
| $m3 | text | "\\x20your\\x20documents\\x20and\\x20files\\x20encrypted" | ascii |
| $m4 | text | "\\x20lose\\x20all\\x20of\\x20your\\x20data\\x20and\\x20files." | ascii |
| $m5 | text | ",'/#/client/','<h2>\\x20Whats\\x20Happen" | ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 5 of ( $s* ) or 6 of ( $g* ) or 3 of ( $m* ) )In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- At least 5 patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
- At least 6 patterns in ( $g* ) must match.
- At least 3 patterns in ( $m* ) 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: 1a28fcbf-1fc0-5f18-ae71-2e813ed0f958
Tags:FILE
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