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DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Unicorn

Detects Unicorn infostealer

MalwareUnicornditekSHen 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 Unicorn infostealer

Associated malware family: Unicorn.

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 16 patterns (14 text, 2 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

malware-win-unicorn.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Unicorn : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects Unicorn infostealer"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "7cc8298d-abbd-5dda-bbd4-8b061095c367"
		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#L8077-L8107"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "c4150b213c0dd88c87eb81e3ad455d8f658a57b0998bc6e394c5afac9423d9f2"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$x1 = "WinHTTP Downloader/1.0" fullword wide
		$x2 = "[CTRL + %c]" fullword wide
		$x3 = "\\UnicornLog.txt" fullword wide
		$x4 = "/*INITIALIZED*/" fullword wide
		$s1 = { 2f 00 63 00 20 00 22 00 43 00 4f 00 50 00 59 00
               20 00 2f 00 59 00 20 00 2f 00 42 00 20 00 22 00
               25 00 73 00 22 00 20 00 22 00 25 00 73 00 22 00
               22 00 00 00 63 00 6d 00 64 00 2e 00 65 00 78 00
               65 }
		$s2 = { 72 00 75 00 6e 00 64 00 6c 00 6c 00 33 00 32 00
               2e 00 65 00 78 00 65 00 00 00 00 00 25 00 73 00
               20 00 22 00 25 00 73 00 22 00 2c 00 25 00 68 00
               73 }
		$s3 = "%*[^]]%c%n" fullword ascii
		$s4 = "file://%s%s%s" fullword ascii
		$s5 = "%s://%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s" fullword ascii
		$s6 = "regex_start_injects" fullword ascii
		$s7 = "DLEXEC" fullword ascii
		$s8 = "^((((3|1)[A-Za-z0-9]{33}))(\\s|$)|(bc1q)[A-Za-z0-9]{38}(\\s|$))" fullword ascii
		$s9 = "^(0x)?[A-Za-z0-9]{40}(\\s|$)" fullword ascii
		$s10 = "clipRegex" fullword ascii
		$s11 = "%s?k=%s&src=clip&id=%s" fullword ascii
		$s12 = "http://izuw6rclbgl2lwsh.onion/o.php" fullword ascii

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( all of ( $x* ) or 8 of ( $s* ) or ( 3 of ( $x* ) and 5 of ( $s* ) ) )
}

Strings (16 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$x1text"WinHTTP Downloader/1.0"fullword wide
$x2text"[CTRL + %c]"fullword wide
$x3text"\\UnicornLog.txt"fullword wide
$x4text"/*INITIALIZED*/"fullword wide
$s1hex{ 2f 00 63 00 20 00 22 00 43 00 4f 00 50 00 59 00 20 00 2f 00 59 00 20 00 2f 00 42 00 20 00 22 00 25 00 73 00 22 00 20 00 22 00 25 …
$s2hex{ 72 00 75 00 6e 00 64 00 6c 00 6c 00 33 00 32 00 2e 00 65 00 78 00 65 00 00 00 00 00 25 00 73 00 20 00 22 00 25 00 73 00 22 00 2c …
$s3text"%*[^]]%c%n"fullword ascii
$s4text"file://%s%s%s"fullword ascii
$s5text"%s://%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s"fullword ascii
$s6text"regex_start_injects"fullword ascii
$s7text"DLEXEC"fullword ascii
$s8text"^((((3|1)[A-Za-z0-9]{33}))(\\s|$)|(bc1q)[A-Za-z0-9]{38}(\\s|$))"fullword ascii
$s9text"^(0x)?[A-Za-z0-9]{40}(\\s|$)"fullword ascii
$s10text"clipRegex"fullword ascii
$s11text"%s?k=%s&src=clip&id=%s"fullword ascii
$s12text"http://izuw6rclbgl2lwsh.onion/o.php"fullword ascii

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( all of ( $x* ) or 8 of ( $s* ) or ( 3 of ( $x* ) and 5 of ( $s* ) ) )

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • All patterns in ( $x* ) must match.
  • At least 8 patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
  • At least 3 patterns in ( $x* ) must match.
  • At least 5 patterns in ( $s* ) must match.

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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: 7cc8298d-abbd-5dda-bbd4-8b061095c367

Tags:FILE