YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Vidar
Detects Vidar / ArkeiStealer
- Author
- ditekSHen
- Date
- 2020-11-06
- Modified
- 2024-11-01
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
Detects Vidar / ArkeiStealer
Associated malware family: Vidar.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 3 patterns (3 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
malware-win-vidar.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Vidar : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects Vidar / ArkeiStealer"
= "ditekSHen"
= "d858c463-26d7-5f96-ad9a-cb261a8c61c6"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-11-01"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L3640-L3650"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "c95c8694c05ff0e8d28f098e668a8ae8fa70130e31af6c0e540c4e5596007e41"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
strings:
$s1 = "\"os_crypt\":{\"encrypted_key\":\"" fullword ascii
$s2 = "screenshot.jpg" fullword wide
$s3 = "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"" ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and all of them
}
Strings (3 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "\"os_crypt\":{\"encrypted_key\":\"" | fullword ascii |
| $s2 | text | "screenshot.jpg" | fullword wide |
| $s3 | text | "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"" | ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- All patterns in the rule 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: d858c463-26d7-5f96-ad9a-cb261a8c61c6
Tags:FILE
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