YARA · ESET malware-ioc
ESET_Apt_Windows_TA410_Lookback_Magic
Matches message header creation in LookBack.
- Author
- ESET Research
- Date
- 2021-10-12
- Modified
- 2022-04-27
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 80
What this rule detects
Matches message header creation in LookBack.
Associated malware family: Lookback.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 1 patterns (0 text, 1 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
apt-windows-ta410-lookback-magic.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule ESET_Apt_Windows_TA410_Lookback_Magic : FILE
{
meta:
= "Matches message header creation in LookBack."
= "ESET Research"
= "5a40a307-772b-5600-9e58-f4bc6dfe6711"
= "2021-10-12"
= "2022-04-27"
= "https://github.com/eset/malware-ioc/"
= "https://github.com/eset/malware-ioc/blob/17baf44964a77368e9149f4f593eb098beddf1c5/ta410/ta410.yar#L351-L377"
= "https://github.com/eset/malware-ioc/blob/17baf44964a77368e9149f4f593eb098beddf1c5/LICENSE"
= "442a08a77fd2db03e507c0d5a32b17ab4e5936a209f7af23ef3c33a4b9f3d0d5"
= 75
= 80
= "FILE"
= "BSD 2-Clause"
= "1"
strings:
$s1 = {
C7 03 C2 2E AB 48 //mov dword ptr [ebx], 0x48ab2ec2
( A1 | 8B 15 ) ?? ?? ?? ?? //mov (eax | edx), x
[0-1] //push ebp
89 ?3 04 //mov dword ptr [ebc + 4], reg
8B 4? 24 ?? //mov reg, dword ptr [esp + X]
89 4? 08 //mov dword ptr [ebx + 8], ??
89 ?? 0C //mov dword ptr [ebx + 0xc], ??
8B 4? 24 ?? //mov reg, dword ptr [esp + X]
[1-2] //push 1 or 2 args
E8 ?? ?? ?? ?? //call
}
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and all of them
}
Strings (1 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | hex | { C7 03 C2 2E AB 48 //mov dword ptr [ebx], 0x48ab2ec2 ( A1 | 8B 15 ) ?? ?? ?? ?? //mov (eax | edx), x [0-1] … |
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: 5a40a307-772b-5600-9e58-f4bc6dfe6711
Metadata
| version | 1 |
|---|
Tags:FILE
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