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MALPEDIA_Win_Knot_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwareKnotMalpedia 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: Knot.

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

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-knot-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Knot_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "1b27443c-6472-55bc-9230-d5e1681f8736"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.knot"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.knot_auto.yar#L1-L126"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "e7c76779616ec273c9219e23fd05e0d9344e9b9df2ffaecca4f170627599a76d"
		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 = { 8b55f4 52 ff15???????? 85c0 7507 32c0 e9???????? }
		$sequence_1 = { 68???????? 8d8de0fdffff 51 ff15???????? 83c40c 6a00 6880000000 }
		$sequence_2 = { e8???????? 83c404 6808020000 8d95f0fdffff }
		$sequence_3 = { 753c 8b95e0feffff 52 6a00 6a01 ff15???????? 8985ccfeffff }
		$sequence_4 = { eb3d 8d95e0fdffff 52 68???????? 8d85f0fdffff 50 ff15???????? }
		$sequence_5 = { 32c0 e9???????? 8b95d8fdffff 52 6a00 }
		$sequence_6 = { 6a00 68???????? 8b85e8feffff 50 }
		$sequence_7 = { 8b4dfc 8b148d20514000 52 e8???????? 83c404 ebdc 6888130000 }
		$sequence_8 = { 52 a1???????? 50 ff15???????? 8b4df0 51 ff15???????? }
		$sequence_9 = { 8d9580f7ffff 52 ff15???????? 8d8580f7ffff 50 ff15???????? 898598fbffff }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 59392
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ 8b55f4 52 ff15???????? 85c0 7507 32c0 e9???????? }
$sequence_1hex{ 68???????? 8d8de0fdffff 51 ff15???????? 83c40c 6a00 6880000000 }
$sequence_2hex{ e8???????? 83c404 6808020000 8d95f0fdffff }
$sequence_3hex{ 753c 8b95e0feffff 52 6a00 6a01 ff15???????? 8985ccfeffff }
$sequence_4hex{ eb3d 8d95e0fdffff 52 68???????? 8d85f0fdffff 50 ff15???????? }
$sequence_5hex{ 32c0 e9???????? 8b95d8fdffff 52 6a00 }
$sequence_6hex{ 6a00 68???????? 8b85e8feffff 50 }
$sequence_7hex{ 8b4dfc 8b148d20514000 52 e8???????? 83c404 ebdc 6888130000 }
$sequence_8hex{ 52 a1???????? 50 ff15???????? 8b4df0 51 ff15???????? }
$sequence_9hex{ 8d9580f7ffff 52 ff15???????? 8d8580f7ffff 50 ff15???????? 898598fbffff }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 59392

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 59392 (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: 1b27443c-6472-55bc-9230-d5e1681f8736

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