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MALPEDIA_Win_Newsreels_Auto
autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator
MalwareNewsreelsMalpedia 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: Newsreels.
It defines 10 patterns (0 text, 10 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
win-newsreels-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Newsreels_Auto : FILE
{
meta:
= "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
= "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
= "9e8f99f3-3aeb-54a5-98cc-f8ad1508809d"
= "2026-05-04"
= "2026-05-18"
= "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.newsreels"
= "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.newsreels_auto.yar#L1-L124"
= "N/A"
= "427aa4c7d5e6a45f70adf11d4a89639f40d41588efa677409cd8b8bb2eaf8cc9"
= 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 = { 0fbe543702 52 68???????? e8???????? 8a4c2b01 2d???????? c1f802 }
$sequence_1 = { 8b1d???????? 6884030000 68c2010000 e8???????? 8bf0 83c408 33c0 }
$sequence_2 = { 5b 81c40c040000 c3 8bc5 57 }
$sequence_3 = { e8???????? 6a01 6804010000 68???????? e8???????? 68???????? 68???????? }
$sequence_4 = { 8dbc2488000000 83c9ff 33c0 6a4d f2ae f7d1 }
$sequence_5 = { 83c408 85db 750a 5e 5d }
$sequence_6 = { 8808 8b15???????? 8bcb 8bc1 8d7a01 c1e902 }
$sequence_7 = { 8d442424 53 50 68???????? 53 }
$sequence_8 = { 80e301 881c86 8bda c1fb02 80e301 }
$sequence_9 = { 6a00 68???????? 68???????? 56 ff15???????? 8be8 85ed }
condition:
7 of them and filesize < 65536
}
Strings (10 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $sequence_0 | hex | { 0fbe543702 52 68???????? e8???????? 8a4c2b01 2d???????? c1f802 } | |
| $sequence_1 | hex | { 8b1d???????? 6884030000 68c2010000 e8???????? 8bf0 83c408 33c0 } | |
| $sequence_2 | hex | { 5b 81c40c040000 c3 8bc5 57 } | |
| $sequence_3 | hex | { e8???????? 6a01 6804010000 68???????? e8???????? 68???????? 68???????? } | |
| $sequence_4 | hex | { 8dbc2488000000 83c9ff 33c0 6a4d f2ae f7d1 } | |
| $sequence_5 | hex | { 83c408 85db 750a 5e 5d } | |
| $sequence_6 | hex | { 8808 8b15???????? 8bcb 8bc1 8d7a01 c1e902 } | |
| $sequence_7 | hex | { 8d442424 53 50 68???????? 53 } | |
| $sequence_8 | hex | { 80e301 881c86 8bda c1fb02 80e301 } | |
| $sequence_9 | hex | { 6a00 68???????? 68???????? 56 ff15???????? 8be8 85ed } |
Condition
7 of them and filesize < 65536In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must be smaller than 65536 (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: 9e8f99f3-3aeb-54a5-98cc-f8ad1508809d
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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