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MALPEDIA_Win_Hlux_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwareHluxMalpedia 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: Hlux.

It defines 16 patterns (0 text, 16 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-hlux-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Hlux_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "28ebfc66-b36a-5b32-9f44-3572498887c2"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.hlux"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.hlux_auto.yar#L1-L155"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "e9222c023df7fd2f3b9e4049ffc25496a4c78e57da3831eefa238e14364a3c6e"
		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 = { 83f99c 7429 8955e8 895de8 8d91c966fec6 8975d8 }
		$sequence_1 = { 83f873 0f8580000000 83f8cb 757b ba11d8778b }
		$sequence_2 = { 0009 1b4e01 e405 9d }
		$sequence_3 = { 8945d0 8b7d08 33c0 894dd4 8bf7 }
		$sequence_4 = { 0f8476010000 8d0452 897da0 33f6 }
		$sequence_5 = { 8d08 83f946 7508 83f9ff 7403 }
		$sequence_6 = { 56 33d2 33f6 8975cc 8955cc 57 bec97b4de2 }
		$sequence_7 = { 898d1cffffff 899564ffffff 53 b81da2c0bb }
		$sequence_8 = { 010f 840f 0000 008365f0fe8b }
		$sequence_9 = { 0101 c9 c3 6a10 }
		$sequence_10 = { 0088aa4b0023 d18a0688078a 46 018847018a46 }
		$sequence_11 = { 895de8 85c9 7503 894df0 ff4de4 }
		$sequence_12 = { 0000 008365f0fe8b 4d 0883c108e918 }
		$sequence_13 = { 0104bb 8d1447 89542418 e9???????? }
		$sequence_14 = { 0104b9 33c9 83c408 85c0 }
		$sequence_15 = { 0130 8b13 8b08 85d2 }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 3147776
}

Strings (16 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ 83f99c 7429 8955e8 895de8 8d91c966fec6 8975d8 }
$sequence_1hex{ 83f873 0f8580000000 83f8cb 757b ba11d8778b }
$sequence_2hex{ 0009 1b4e01 e405 9d }
$sequence_3hex{ 8945d0 8b7d08 33c0 894dd4 8bf7 }
$sequence_4hex{ 0f8476010000 8d0452 897da0 33f6 }
$sequence_5hex{ 8d08 83f946 7508 83f9ff 7403 }
$sequence_6hex{ 56 33d2 33f6 8975cc 8955cc 57 bec97b4de2 }
$sequence_7hex{ 898d1cffffff 899564ffffff 53 b81da2c0bb }
$sequence_8hex{ 010f 840f 0000 008365f0fe8b }
$sequence_9hex{ 0101 c9 c3 6a10 }
$sequence_10hex{ 0088aa4b0023 d18a0688078a 46 018847018a46 }
$sequence_11hex{ 895de8 85c9 7503 894df0 ff4de4 }
$sequence_12hex{ 0000 008365f0fe8b 4d 0883c108e918 }
$sequence_13hex{ 0104bb 8d1447 89542418 e9???????? }
$sequence_14hex{ 0104b9 33c9 83c408 85c0 }
$sequence_15hex{ 0130 8b13 8b08 85d2 }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 3147776

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 3147776 (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: 28ebfc66-b36a-5b32-9f44-3572498887c2

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