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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:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "c22c77c9-3014-5c4a-80c0-0ac5a063cf6d"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.badnews"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.badnews_auto.yar#L1-L214"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "c0bd9568fd9756b685279f1522fb03096d0525a822427ad3f4c15ae42af5c745"
		score = 75
		quality = 73
		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 = { 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)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ 50 e8???????? 83c404 68???????? 6804010000 ff15???????? }
$sequence_1hex{ 83e957 eb02 33c9 c0e004 02c1 3423 c0c003 }
$sequence_2hex{ c705????????33322e64 66c705????????6c6c c605????????00 ff15???????? }
$sequence_3hex{ c78534ffffff47657457 c78538ffffff696e646f c7853cffffff77546578 66c78540ffffff7457 }
$sequence_4hex{ a1???????? 33c5 8945fc 53 56 57 8d8534ffffff }
$sequence_5hex{ 55 8bec 8b450c 3d01020000 }
$sequence_6hex{ 68???????? 6a1a 68???????? 57 }
$sequence_7hex{ 6a00 d1f9 68???????? 03c9 51 }
$sequence_8hex{ 56 ffd3 85c0 7403 83c608 }
$sequence_9hex{ ff15???????? 85c0 7405 83c004 eb02 }
$sequence_10hex{ 8bf0 56 ff15???????? 50 6a40 ff15???????? }
$sequence_11hex{ 57 6a00 6880000000 6a04 6a00 6a01 6a04 }
$sequence_12hex{ b8???????? 83c424 8d5002 668b08 83c002 }
$sequence_13hex{ 894de4 399870980110 0f84e8000000 41 83c030 894de4 }
$sequence_14hex{ 8bf0 c1ff05 83e61f c1e606 8b0cbdd0a70110 f6440e0401 }
$sequence_15hex{ 8d4df0 e8???????? 68???????? 8d45f0 c745f0402f0110 50 e8???????? }
$sequence_16hex{ 2400 1098240010bc 2400 1023 d18a0688078a }
$sequence_17hex{ 8b4d08 33c0 3b0cc530610110 740a 40 83f817 72f1 }
$sequence_18hex{ 8b0c85d0a70110 8a06 46 88441926 2bf2 eb14 f7da }
$sequence_19hex{ e8???????? 59 ff34f5009e0110 ff15???????? 5e }
$sequence_20hex{ c705????????369f0010 c705????????aaa80010 c705????????12a80010 c705????????fda80010 c3 }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 612352

In 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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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: c22c77c9-3014-5c4a-80c0-0ac5a063cf6d

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