YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Wobbychipmbr
Detects WobbyChipMBR / Covid-21 ransomware
- Author
- ditekSHen
- Date
- 2020-11-06
- Modified
- 2024-11-01
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
Detects WobbyChipMBR / Covid-21 ransomware
Associated malware family: Wobbychipmbr.
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-wobbychipmbr.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Wobbychipmbr : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects WobbyChipMBR / Covid-21 ransomware"
= "ditekSHen"
= "581fbce1-128d-5323-a259-14d9bfdf09b1"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-11-01"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L5044-L5060"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "168c7f610625131c9552252d2b824a90918d2961996ee0f783497dff5cf17351"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
strings:
$x1 = "You became a Victim of the Covid-21 Ransomware" ascii wide
$x2 = "Reinstalling Windows has been blocked" ascii wide
$x3 = "Enter Decryption Key:" ascii wide
$x4 = "encrypted with military grade encryption" ascii wide
$s1 = "schtasks.exe /Create /TN wininit /ru SYSTEM /SC ONSTART /TR" ascii
$s2 = "\\EFI\\Boot\\bootx64.efi" ascii wide
$s3 = "DumpHex" fullword ascii
$s4 = "TFTP Error" fullword wide
$s5 = "HD(Part%d,MBRType=%02x,SigType=%02x)" fullword wide
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 3 of ( $x* ) or all of ( $s* ) or ( 1 of ( $x* ) and 2 of ( $s* ) ) )
}
Strings (9 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $x1 | text | "You became a Victim of the Covid-21 Ransomware" | ascii wide |
| $x2 | text | "Reinstalling Windows has been blocked" | ascii wide |
| $x3 | text | "Enter Decryption Key:" | ascii wide |
| $x4 | text | "encrypted with military grade encryption" | ascii wide |
| $s1 | text | "schtasks.exe /Create /TN wininit /ru SYSTEM /SC ONSTART /TR" | ascii |
| $s2 | text | "\\EFI\\Boot\\bootx64.efi" | ascii wide |
| $s3 | text | "DumpHex" | fullword ascii |
| $s4 | text | "TFTP Error" | fullword wide |
| $s5 | text | "HD(Part%d,MBRType=%02x,SigType=%02x)" | fullword wide |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 3 of ( $x* ) or all of ( $s* ) or ( 1 of ( $x* ) and 2 of ( $s* ) ) )In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- All patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
- At least 3 patterns in ( $x* ) must match.
- At least 1 patterns in ( $x* ) must match.
- At least 2 patterns in ( $s* ) 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: 581fbce1-128d-5323-a259-14d9bfdf09b1
Tags:FILE
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