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MALPEDIA_Win_Cryptowall_Auto
autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator
MalwareCryptowallMalpedia 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: Cryptowall.
It defines 10 patterns (0 text, 10 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
win-cryptowall-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Cryptowall_Auto : FILE
{
meta:
= "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
= "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
= "dc78d245-24cd-591d-b72d-3679e05b94d1"
= "2026-05-04"
= "2026-05-18"
= "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.cryptowall"
= "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.cryptowall_auto.yar#L1-L116"
= "N/A"
= "71d5fcaf3ecd458e914e51862d2af5ce473fc62a262bc845fad2db5196372327"
= 75
= 75
= "FILE"
= "1"
= "yara-signator v0.6.0"
= "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue"
= "20260422"
= "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14"
= "20260504"
= "CC BY-SA 4.0"
= "TLP:WHITE"
strings:
$sequence_0 = { 6a00 6a40 6a01 6a01 6a00 6a00 8d55e8 }
$sequence_1 = { 8b4d0c 8b11 8b45f8 8d4c0202 51 8b5508 }
$sequence_2 = { 7461 c745dc18000000 c745e000000000 c745e800000000 c745e400000000 }
$sequence_3 = { 99 b91a000000 f7f9 83c261 8b45f4 }
$sequence_4 = { 55 8bec 51 837d0800 7441 837d0c00 }
$sequence_5 = { 52 e8???????? 83c408 8b0d???????? 894124 }
$sequence_6 = { 8945fc b909000000 85c9 7463 6a08 }
$sequence_7 = { 52 e8???????? 83c408 8b0d???????? 8981ec000000 }
$sequence_8 = { 894dfc 837df805 752d 837dfc00 }
$sequence_9 = { e8???????? 83c408 8b0d???????? 8981ec000000 }
condition:
7 of them and filesize < 417792
}
Strings (10 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $sequence_0 | hex | { 6a00 6a40 6a01 6a01 6a00 6a00 8d55e8 } | |
| $sequence_1 | hex | { 8b4d0c 8b11 8b45f8 8d4c0202 51 8b5508 } | |
| $sequence_2 | hex | { 7461 c745dc18000000 c745e000000000 c745e800000000 c745e400000000 } | |
| $sequence_3 | hex | { 99 b91a000000 f7f9 83c261 8b45f4 } | |
| $sequence_4 | hex | { 55 8bec 51 837d0800 7441 837d0c00 } | |
| $sequence_5 | hex | { 52 e8???????? 83c408 8b0d???????? 894124 } | |
| $sequence_6 | hex | { 8945fc b909000000 85c9 7463 6a08 } | |
| $sequence_7 | hex | { 52 e8???????? 83c408 8b0d???????? 8981ec000000 } | |
| $sequence_8 | hex | { 894dfc 837df805 752d 837dfc00 } | |
| $sequence_9 | hex | { e8???????? 83c408 8b0d???????? 8981ec000000 } |
Condition
7 of them and filesize < 417792In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must be smaller than 417792 (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: dc78d245-24cd-591d-b72d-3679e05b94d1
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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