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MALPEDIA_Win_Acronym_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwareAcronymMalpedia signator rulesCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Compiles with YARA-X
Author
Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Date
2026-05-04
Modified
2026-05-18
Score / Quality
75 / 75

What this rule detects

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

Associated malware family: Acronym.

It defines 10 patterns (0 text, 10 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-acronym-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Acronym_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "d001ebc0-bfdd-53a1-94a8-8c0b2844e7b6"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.acronym"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.acronym_auto.yar#L1-L131"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "e1f0a7d7e3a5c52f7f8c52a935c86e313cbf38523c6bf31de959d7d787666150"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"
		version = "1"
		tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0"
		signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue"
		malpedia_rule_date = "20260422"
		malpedia_hash = "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14"
		malpedia_version = "20260504"
		malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0"
		malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"

	strings:
		$sequence_0 = { 8b7508 8d941660b10000 89048a 8b45f4 8b4df0 0fb7544122 }
		$sequence_1 = { 7c05 e9???????? 8b55f8 c1fa05 8b4df8 83e11f b801000000 }
		$sequence_2 = { 8d440aff 3945fc 7f02 eb02 eb99 8b4dfc }
		$sequence_3 = { 83c40c eb7e 8b45f4 8945dc eb09 8b4ddc 83c101 }
		$sequence_4 = { 8b4df8 8b948dbcfaffff 8955d4 8b45f8 8945fc 8b4dfc }
		$sequence_5 = { 52 e8???????? 50 a1???????? 50 8d8de0feffff 51 }
		$sequence_6 = { 8b45f4 8b4df0 668b54411c 668955fc 0fb745fc c1e004 8b4d08 }
		$sequence_7 = { e8???????? 83c40c b8???????? 8b4dfc 33cd e8???????? 8be5 }
		$sequence_8 = { e8???????? 898580fdffff eb0a c78580fdffff00000000 c78504ffffff00000000 c785e8feffff00000000 33c9 }
		$sequence_9 = { 50 8b4d08 83c108 51 8b0d???????? e8???????? 8b08 }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 466944
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ 8b7508 8d941660b10000 89048a 8b45f4 8b4df0 0fb7544122 }
$sequence_1hex{ 7c05 e9???????? 8b55f8 c1fa05 8b4df8 83e11f b801000000 }
$sequence_2hex{ 8d440aff 3945fc 7f02 eb02 eb99 8b4dfc }
$sequence_3hex{ 83c40c eb7e 8b45f4 8945dc eb09 8b4ddc 83c101 }
$sequence_4hex{ 8b4df8 8b948dbcfaffff 8955d4 8b45f8 8945fc 8b4dfc }
$sequence_5hex{ 52 e8???????? 50 a1???????? 50 8d8de0feffff 51 }
$sequence_6hex{ 8b45f4 8b4df0 668b54411c 668955fc 0fb745fc c1e004 8b4d08 }
$sequence_7hex{ e8???????? 83c40c b8???????? 8b4dfc 33cd e8???????? 8be5 }
$sequence_8hex{ e8???????? 898580fdffff eb0a c78580fdffff00000000 c78504ffffff00000000 c785e8feffff00000000 33c9 }
$sequence_9hex{ 50 8b4d08 83c108 51 8b0d???????? e8???????? 8b08 }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 466944

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 466944 (a cheap guard that skips large files).
  • At least 7 patterns in the rule must match.

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References

Licence & attribution

Author: Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com

Source repository: Malpedia signator rules @ c901f97b7d

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (repository licence)

Original rule

Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.

Rule id: d001ebc0-bfdd-53a1-94a8-8c0b2844e7b6

Metadata

version1
toolyara-signator v0.6.0
signator_configcallsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue
malpedia_rule_date20260422
malpedia_hasha182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14
malpedia_version20260504
malpedia_licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
malpedia_sharingTLP:WHITE

Tags:FILE