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MALPEDIA_Win_Badnews_Auto
autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator
MalwareBadnewsMalpedia 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 / 73
What this rule detects
autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator
Associated malware family: Badnews.
It defines 21 patterns (0 text, 21 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
win-badnews-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Badnews_Auto : FILE
{
meta:
= "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
= "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
= "c22c77c9-3014-5c4a-80c0-0ac5a063cf6d"
= "2026-05-04"
= "2026-05-18"
= "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.badnews"
= "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.badnews_auto.yar#L1-L214"
= "N/A"
= "c0bd9568fd9756b685279f1522fb03096d0525a822427ad3f4c15ae42af5c745"
= 75
= 73
= "FILE"
= "1"
= "yara-signator v0.6.0"
= "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue"
= "20260422"
= "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14"
= "20260504"
= "CC BY-SA 4.0"
= "TLP:WHITE"
strings:
$sequence_0 = { 50 e8???????? 83c404 68???????? 6804010000 ff15???????? }
$sequence_1 = { 83e957 eb02 33c9 c0e004 02c1 3423 c0c003 }
$sequence_2 = { c705????????33322e64 66c705????????6c6c c605????????00 ff15???????? }
$sequence_3 = { c78534ffffff47657457 c78538ffffff696e646f c7853cffffff77546578 66c78540ffffff7457 }
$sequence_4 = { a1???????? 33c5 8945fc 53 56 57 8d8534ffffff }
$sequence_5 = { 55 8bec 8b450c 3d01020000 }
$sequence_6 = { 68???????? 6a1a 68???????? 57 }
$sequence_7 = { 6a00 d1f9 68???????? 03c9 51 }
$sequence_8 = { 56 ffd3 85c0 7403 83c608 }
$sequence_9 = { ff15???????? 85c0 7405 83c004 eb02 }
$sequence_10 = { 8bf0 56 ff15???????? 50 6a40 ff15???????? }
$sequence_11 = { 57 6a00 6880000000 6a04 6a00 6a01 6a04 }
$sequence_12 = { b8???????? 83c424 8d5002 668b08 83c002 }
$sequence_13 = { 894de4 399870980110 0f84e8000000 41 83c030 894de4 }
$sequence_14 = { 8bf0 c1ff05 83e61f c1e606 8b0cbdd0a70110 f6440e0401 }
$sequence_15 = { 8d4df0 e8???????? 68???????? 8d45f0 c745f0402f0110 50 e8???????? }
$sequence_16 = { 2400 1098240010bc 2400 1023 d18a0688078a }
$sequence_17 = { 8b4d08 33c0 3b0cc530610110 740a 40 83f817 72f1 }
$sequence_18 = { 8b0c85d0a70110 8a06 46 88441926 2bf2 eb14 f7da }
$sequence_19 = { e8???????? 59 ff34f5009e0110 ff15???????? 5e }
$sequence_20 = { c705????????369f0010 c705????????aaa80010 c705????????12a80010 c705????????fda80010 c3 }
condition:
7 of them and filesize < 612352
}
Strings (21 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $sequence_0 | hex | { 50 e8???????? 83c404 68???????? 6804010000 ff15???????? } | |
| $sequence_1 | hex | { 83e957 eb02 33c9 c0e004 02c1 3423 c0c003 } | |
| $sequence_2 | hex | { c705????????33322e64 66c705????????6c6c c605????????00 ff15???????? } | |
| $sequence_3 | hex | { c78534ffffff47657457 c78538ffffff696e646f c7853cffffff77546578 66c78540ffffff7457 } | |
| $sequence_4 | hex | { a1???????? 33c5 8945fc 53 56 57 8d8534ffffff } | |
| $sequence_5 | hex | { 55 8bec 8b450c 3d01020000 } | |
| $sequence_6 | hex | { 68???????? 6a1a 68???????? 57 } | |
| $sequence_7 | hex | { 6a00 d1f9 68???????? 03c9 51 } | |
| $sequence_8 | hex | { 56 ffd3 85c0 7403 83c608 } | |
| $sequence_9 | hex | { ff15???????? 85c0 7405 83c004 eb02 } | |
| $sequence_10 | hex | { 8bf0 56 ff15???????? 50 6a40 ff15???????? } | |
| $sequence_11 | hex | { 57 6a00 6880000000 6a04 6a00 6a01 6a04 } | |
| $sequence_12 | hex | { b8???????? 83c424 8d5002 668b08 83c002 } | |
| $sequence_13 | hex | { 894de4 399870980110 0f84e8000000 41 83c030 894de4 } | |
| $sequence_14 | hex | { 8bf0 c1ff05 83e61f c1e606 8b0cbdd0a70110 f6440e0401 } | |
| $sequence_15 | hex | { 8d4df0 e8???????? 68???????? 8d45f0 c745f0402f0110 50 e8???????? } | |
| $sequence_16 | hex | { 2400 1098240010bc 2400 1023 d18a0688078a } | |
| $sequence_17 | hex | { 8b4d08 33c0 3b0cc530610110 740a 40 83f817 72f1 } | |
| $sequence_18 | hex | { 8b0c85d0a70110 8a06 46 88441926 2bf2 eb14 f7da } | |
| $sequence_19 | hex | { e8???????? 59 ff34f5009e0110 ff15???????? 5e } | |
| $sequence_20 | hex | { c705????????369f0010 c705????????aaa80010 c705????????12a80010 c705????????fda80010 c3 } |
Condition
7 of them and filesize < 612352In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must be smaller than 612352 (a cheap guard that skips large files).
- At least 7 patterns in the rule must match.
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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)
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: c22c77c9-3014-5c4a-80c0-0ac5a063cf6d
Metadata
| 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 |
Tags:FILE
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