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MALPEDIA_Win_Joao_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwareJoaoMalpedia 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: Joao.

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

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-joao-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Joao_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "8934e5e5-01af-5fe1-8486-0ab7ee7d7508"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.joao"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.joao_auto.yar#L1-L124"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "f8cf11a88d4c62490f03a51951c6ad156abd25599bf40ed0a693ebdff69cee93"
		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 = { 83c404 c7060f000000 895efc 885eec 83c620 8d4ee8 }
		$sequence_1 = { 033e 894508 8945f0 33d2 8955fc eb20 }
		$sequence_2 = { e8???????? 8d55f8 52 8bce c745f802000000 897dfc e8???????? }
		$sequence_3 = { 8d4602 5e 5b 8be5 5d c20c00 68???????? }
		$sequence_4 = { 56 c745ec01000000 894df0 8955f4 c745f802000000 e8???????? 8b55e8 }
		$sequence_5 = { 51 52 53 e8???????? 83c40c 85c0 74de }
		$sequence_6 = { 51 52 56 e8???????? 8b4dfc 83c418 33cd }
		$sequence_7 = { bf02000000 b8???????? 897dd0 c745e80f000000 895de4 }
		$sequence_8 = { 6a20 6a00 56 ff5510 }
		$sequence_9 = { 894510 83c720 e9???????? 8b4df4 }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 2867200
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ 83c404 c7060f000000 895efc 885eec 83c620 8d4ee8 }
$sequence_1hex{ 033e 894508 8945f0 33d2 8955fc eb20 }
$sequence_2hex{ e8???????? 8d55f8 52 8bce c745f802000000 897dfc e8???????? }
$sequence_3hex{ 8d4602 5e 5b 8be5 5d c20c00 68???????? }
$sequence_4hex{ 56 c745ec01000000 894df0 8955f4 c745f802000000 e8???????? 8b55e8 }
$sequence_5hex{ 51 52 53 e8???????? 83c40c 85c0 74de }
$sequence_6hex{ 51 52 56 e8???????? 8b4dfc 83c418 33cd }
$sequence_7hex{ bf02000000 b8???????? 897dd0 c745e80f000000 895de4 }
$sequence_8hex{ 6a20 6a00 56 ff5510 }
$sequence_9hex{ 894510 83c720 e9???????? 8b4df4 }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 2867200

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 2867200 (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: 8934e5e5-01af-5fe1-8486-0ab7ee7d7508

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