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MALPEDIA_Win_Kronos_Auto
autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator
- 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: Kronos.
It defines 10 patterns (0 text, 10 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
win-kronos-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Kronos_Auto : FILE
{
meta:
= "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
= "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
= "4cd1b723-94a8-52c4-9801-2ce369c917e8"
= "2026-05-04"
= "2026-05-18"
= "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.kronos"
= "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.kronos_auto.yar#L1-L128"
= "N/A"
= "4a5690a7048ea3c14785c1333205c85037bf3cbfcdd39de043b4f26490d43881"
= 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 = { 8955f8 ff15???????? 8b4df8 6a40 6800300000 51 57 }
$sequence_1 = { 8b4d10 33c0 85c9 7629 66833c4600 741d }
$sequence_2 = { ffd1 8b5dfc 83c408 83fb01 7416 85ff 7410 }
$sequence_3 = { 8b00 52 8b550c 8d8ed8000000 52 8d55d8 }
$sequence_4 = { 56 57 6a28 e8???????? 8bf8 83c404 85ff }
$sequence_5 = { 7905 49 83c9f0 41 0f85bc000000 99 }
$sequence_6 = { 894804 c7400800000000 5e 8be5 5d c20c00 8b4508 }
$sequence_7 = { 85d2 7418 8b5104 895008 85d2 }
$sequence_8 = { 0f85bc000000 99 83e20f 03c2 57 8bf8 }
$sequence_9 = { 56 e8???????? 8bf8 eb1d 81fb05000080 7408 81fb230000c0 }
condition:
7 of them and filesize < 1302528
}
Strings (10 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $sequence_0 | hex | { 8955f8 ff15???????? 8b4df8 6a40 6800300000 51 57 } | |
| $sequence_1 | hex | { 8b4d10 33c0 85c9 7629 66833c4600 741d } | |
| $sequence_2 | hex | { ffd1 8b5dfc 83c408 83fb01 7416 85ff 7410 } | |
| $sequence_3 | hex | { 8b00 52 8b550c 8d8ed8000000 52 8d55d8 } | |
| $sequence_4 | hex | { 56 57 6a28 e8???????? 8bf8 83c404 85ff } | |
| $sequence_5 | hex | { 7905 49 83c9f0 41 0f85bc000000 99 } | |
| $sequence_6 | hex | { 894804 c7400800000000 5e 8be5 5d c20c00 8b4508 } | |
| $sequence_7 | hex | { 85d2 7418 8b5104 895008 85d2 } | |
| $sequence_8 | hex | { 0f85bc000000 99 83e20f 03c2 57 8bf8 } | |
| $sequence_9 | hex | { 56 e8???????? 8bf8 eb1d 81fb05000080 7408 81fb230000c0 } |
Condition
7 of them and filesize < 1302528In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must be smaller than 1302528 (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: 4cd1b723-94a8-52c4-9801-2ce369c917e8
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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