YARA · ditekSHen detection
DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Zeoticus
Detects Zeoticus ransomware
- Author
- ditekSHen
- Date
- 2020-11-06
- Modified
- 2024-11-01
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 75
What this rule detects
Detects Zeoticus ransomware
Associated malware family: Zeoticus.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 13 patterns (12 text, 1 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
malware-win-zeoticus.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Zeoticus : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects Zeoticus ransomware"
= "ditekSHen"
= "6d1096dd-d075-54eb-ade9-48e2f945145d"
= "2020-11-06"
= "2024-11-01"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/malware.yar#L5529-L5549"
= "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
= "588c140c141e82dae56758550549dfb96410db50521ac546477e1adc5575b4a0"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
strings:
$s1 = "Dear %s" fullword wide
$s2 = "\\??\\UNC\\%s\\%s\\" wide
$s3 = "\\\\%ws\\admin$\\%ws" wide
$s4 = "%s /node:\"%ws\" /user:\"%ws\" /password:" wide
$s5 = "process call create" wide
$s6 = ">----===Zeoticus" ascii
$s7 = "ZEOTICUSV2" ascii
$s8 = "GetExtendedTcpTable" fullword ascii
$s9 = "SHAMROckSWTF" ascii
$s10 = "NTDLL.RtlAllocateHeap" fullword ascii
$s11 = ".pandora" fullword wide
$s12 = { 70 00 20 00 72 00 20 00 69 00 20 00 76 00 20 00 65 00 20 00 74 }
$pdb = "_cryptor\\shell_gen\\Release\\" ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 6 of ( $s* ) or ( $pdb ) )
}
Strings (13 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "Dear %s" | fullword wide |
| $s2 | text | "\\??\\UNC\\%s\\%s\\" | wide |
| $s3 | text | "\\\\%ws\\admin$\\%ws" | wide |
| $s4 | text | "%s /node:\"%ws\" /user:\"%ws\" /password:" | wide |
| $s5 | text | "process call create" | wide |
| $s6 | text | ">----===Zeoticus" | ascii |
| $s7 | text | "ZEOTICUSV2" | ascii |
| $s8 | text | "GetExtendedTcpTable" | fullword ascii |
| $s9 | text | "SHAMROckSWTF" | ascii |
| $s10 | text | "NTDLL.RtlAllocateHeap" | fullword ascii |
| $s11 | text | ".pandora" | fullword wide |
| $s12 | hex | { 70 00 20 00 72 00 20 00 69 00 20 00 76 00 20 00 65 00 20 00 74 } | |
| $pdb | text | "_cryptor\\shell_gen\\Release\\" | ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and ( 6 of ( $s* ) or ( $pdb ) )In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- At least 6 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: 6d1096dd-d075-54eb-ade9-48e2f945145d
Tags:FILE
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