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MALPEDIA_Win_Katz_Stealer_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwareKatz StealerMalpedia 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: Katz Stealer.

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

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-katz-stealer-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Katz_Stealer_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "bde55bfb-328d-582b-b706-1df2d61f4bd0"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.katz_stealer"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.katz_stealer_auto.yar#L1-L129"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "3fece06f73acdaf2f0d86637cc8d424114a6d9900d5ed4c7cfdda3ff7f88d554"
		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 = { 4d85db 0f8473feffff 48c744245801000000 4b8d445afe 31d2 4889442450 668910 }
		$sequence_1 = { 488d8c2448020000 e8???????? 4885c0 0f845e010000 4896 488d442438 41b919000200 }
		$sequence_2 = { 4c8d05f6ae0000 5a 4889e9 e8???????? 4889e9 ff15???????? }
		$sequence_3 = { 4885f6 7450 488b8c24780c0000 e8???????? 488364242000 4889f2 }
		$sequence_4 = { 488d152d880000 4c89f9 e8???????? 85c0 0f85e9040000 4c8d05a2880000 ba04010000 }
		$sequence_5 = { 488d15a1690000 488d8c2474040000 e8???????? 4897 4885ff 7454 4889fa }
		$sequence_6 = { 488b05???????? 4889442448 f68424c005000010 0f85c6000000 4c8dbc24ec050000 4c8d8c24ac000000 ba04010000 }
		$sequence_7 = { 4c8b442460 ba08020000 488d8c2410080000 ffd6 488b442468 488364243800 4531c9 }
		$sequence_8 = { 410fb701 6685c0 75d0 41f7c300020000 0f85bb010000 31c9 48895c2470 }
		$sequence_9 = { 4531c9 488b2d???????? 4889f1 4158 }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 238592
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ 4d85db 0f8473feffff 48c744245801000000 4b8d445afe 31d2 4889442450 668910 }
$sequence_1hex{ 488d8c2448020000 e8???????? 4885c0 0f845e010000 4896 488d442438 41b919000200 }
$sequence_2hex{ 4c8d05f6ae0000 5a 4889e9 e8???????? 4889e9 ff15???????? }
$sequence_3hex{ 4885f6 7450 488b8c24780c0000 e8???????? 488364242000 4889f2 }
$sequence_4hex{ 488d152d880000 4c89f9 e8???????? 85c0 0f85e9040000 4c8d05a2880000 ba04010000 }
$sequence_5hex{ 488d15a1690000 488d8c2474040000 e8???????? 4897 4885ff 7454 4889fa }
$sequence_6hex{ 488b05???????? 4889442448 f68424c005000010 0f85c6000000 4c8dbc24ec050000 4c8d8c24ac000000 ba04010000 }
$sequence_7hex{ 4c8b442460 ba08020000 488d8c2410080000 ffd6 488b442468 488364243800 4531c9 }
$sequence_8hex{ 410fb701 6685c0 75d0 41f7c300020000 0f85bb010000 31c9 48895c2470 }
$sequence_9hex{ 4531c9 488b2d???????? 4889f1 4158 }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 238592

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 238592 (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: bde55bfb-328d-582b-b706-1df2d61f4bd0

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

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