YARA · ESET malware-ioc
ESET_Apt_Windows_TA410_Lookback_Decryption
Matches encryption/decryption function used by LookBack.
- Author
- ESET Research
- Date
- 2021-10-12
- Modified
- 2022-04-27
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 80
What this rule detects
Matches encryption/decryption function used by LookBack.
Associated malware family: Lookback.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 3 patterns (0 text, 3 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule ESET_Apt_Windows_TA410_Lookback_Decryption : FILE
{
meta:
= "Matches encryption/decryption function used by LookBack."
= "ESET Research"
= "91947c6b-f357-5cf8-8522-4dcd517d01cb"
= "2021-10-12"
= "2022-04-27"
= "https://github.com/eset/malware-ioc/"
= "https://github.com/eset/malware-ioc/blob/17baf44964a77368e9149f4f593eb098beddf1c5/ta410/ta410.yar#L189-L254"
= "https://github.com/eset/malware-ioc/blob/17baf44964a77368e9149f4f593eb098beddf1c5/LICENSE"
= "016dca6be654fcd193acc481e6a998efbb77e7ebd09b26614422be1136dd02c0"
= 75
= 80
= "FILE"
= "BSD 2-Clause"
= "1"
strings:
$initialize = {
8B C6 //mov eax, esi
99 //cdq
83 E2 03 //and edx, 3
03 C2 //add eax, edx
C1 F8 02 //sar eax, 2
8A C8 //mov cl, al
02 C0 //add al, al
02 C8 //add cl, al
88 4C 34 10 //mov byte ptr [esp + esi + 0x10], cl
46 //inc esi
81 FE 00 01 00 00 //cmp esi, 0x100
72 ??
}
$generate = {
8A 94 1C 10 01 ?? ?? //mov dl, byte ptr [esp + ebx + 0x110]
8D 8C 24 10 01 ?? ?? //lea ecx, [esp + 0x110]
0F B6 C3 //movzx eax, bl
0F B6 44 04 10 //movzx eax, byte ptr [esp + eax + 0x10]
32 C2 //xor al, dl
02 F0 //add dh, al
0F B6 C6 //movzx eax, dh
03 C8 //add ecx, eax
0F B6 01 //movzx eax, byte ptr [ecx]
88 84 1C 10 01 ?? ?? //mov byte ptr [esp + ebx + 0x110], al
43 //inc ebx
88 11 //mov byte ptr [ecx], dl
81 FB 00 06 00 00 //cmp ebx, 0x600
72 ?? //jb 0x10025930
}
$decrypt = {
0F B6 C6 //movzx eax, dh
8D 8C 24 10 01 ?? ?? //lea ecx, [esp + 0x110]
03 C8 //add ecx, eax
8A 19 //mov bl, byte ptr [ecx]
8A C3 //mov al, bl
02 C6 //add al, dh
FE C6 //inc dh
02 F8 //add bh, al
0F B6 C7 //movzx eax, bh
8A 94 04 10 01 ?? ?? //mov dl, byte ptr [esp + eax + 0x110]
88 9C 04 10 01 ?? ?? //mov byte ptr [esp + eax + 0x110], bl
88 11 //mov byte ptr [ecx], dl
0F B6 C2 //movzx eax, dl
0F B6 CB //movzx ecx, bl
33 C8 //xor ecx, eax
8A 84 0C 10 01 ?? ?? //mov al, byte ptr [esp + ecx + 0x110]
30 04 2E //xor byte ptr [esi + ebp], al
46 //inc esi
3B F7 //cmp esi, edi
7C ?? //jl 0x10025980
}
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and all of them
}
Strings (3 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $initialize | hex | { 8B C6 //mov eax, esi 99 //cdq 83 E2 03 //and edx, 3 03 C2 //add eax, e … | |
| $generate | hex | { 8A 94 1C 10 01 ?? ?? //mov dl, byte ptr [esp + ebx + 0x110] 8D 8C 24 10 01 ?? ?? //lea ecx, [esp + 0x110] 0F B6 C3 … | |
| $decrypt | hex | { 0F B6 C6 //movzx eax, dh 8D 8C 24 10 01 ?? ?? //lea ecx, [esp + 0x110] 03 C8 //add ecx, eax … |
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: ESET Research
Source repository: ESET malware-ioc @ 17baf44964
Licence: BSD 2-Clause License (stated in the rule's own meta)
“BSD 2-Clause”
Copyright notice: Copyright (c) 2014-2018 ESET spol. s r.o.
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: 91947c6b-f357-5cf8-8522-4dcd517d01cb
Metadata
| version | 1 |
|---|
Tags:FILE
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