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MALPEDIA_Win_Nightsky_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwareNightskyMalpedia 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: Nightsky.

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

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-nightsky-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Nightsky_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "22c30871-8598-5bd9-8d22-824678bee701"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.nightsky"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.nightsky_auto.yar#L1-L130"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "d264e9f3d7aa5c65e2a2a650c57f8323284818798c571a7e4f26505fd97e3e02"
		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 = { 72e3 488b542428 488bce ff15???????? 488d1596f00300 488bce ff15???????? }
		$sequence_1 = { ff15???????? 488b7c2438 488b5c2430 488b6c2440 b801000000 4883c420 }
		$sequence_2 = { 66440fbec4 488bac2490000000 48ffcf 66418bf9 400f99c7 f7d5 4d0fbfce }
		$sequence_3 = { 488bd9 488d05e1b20000 488981a0000000 c7411c01000000 c781c800000001000000 c6817401000043 c681f701000043 }
		$sequence_4 = { 488905???????? 488b05???????? 488905???????? e8???????? e8???????? 488d542460 48c744245000000000 }
		$sequence_5 = { 442bc0 488d058c3d0100 4489742440 4c8b742450 4c8d4c2448 488d942420070000 }
		$sequence_6 = { 498bcc ff15???????? e9???????? 488b0d???????? 4c89bc2420250000 8b9148010000 }
		$sequence_7 = { e9???????? 33c9 ff15???????? cc 4c8bdc 53 56 }
		$sequence_8 = { 8bcb 48c1e908 0fb6d1 418bc9 48c1e918 478ba485106d0500 4c897df0 }
		$sequence_9 = { 488bee 4885db 0f8493000000 4533f6 0f1f4000 4885ed }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 19536896
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ 72e3 488b542428 488bce ff15???????? 488d1596f00300 488bce ff15???????? }
$sequence_1hex{ ff15???????? 488b7c2438 488b5c2430 488b6c2440 b801000000 4883c420 }
$sequence_2hex{ 66440fbec4 488bac2490000000 48ffcf 66418bf9 400f99c7 f7d5 4d0fbfce }
$sequence_3hex{ 488bd9 488d05e1b20000 488981a0000000 c7411c01000000 c781c800000001000000 c6817401000043 c681f701000043 }
$sequence_4hex{ 488905???????? 488b05???????? 488905???????? e8???????? e8???????? 488d542460 48c744245000000000 }
$sequence_5hex{ 442bc0 488d058c3d0100 4489742440 4c8b742450 4c8d4c2448 488d942420070000 }
$sequence_6hex{ 498bcc ff15???????? e9???????? 488b0d???????? 4c89bc2420250000 8b9148010000 }
$sequence_7hex{ e9???????? 33c9 ff15???????? cc 4c8bdc 53 56 }
$sequence_8hex{ 8bcb 48c1e908 0fb6d1 418bc9 48c1e918 478ba485106d0500 4c897df0 }
$sequence_9hex{ 488bee 4885db 0f8493000000 4533f6 0f1f4000 4885ed }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 19536896

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 19536896 (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: 22c30871-8598-5bd9-8d22-824678bee701

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