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MALPEDIA_Win_Nitrogen_Ransomware_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwareNitrogen RansomwareMalpedia 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: Nitrogen Ransomware.

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

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-nitrogen-ransomware-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Nitrogen_Ransomware_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "6c181df2-98aa-50c7-8294-ada1bd47e30e"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.nitrogen_ransomware"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.nitrogen_ransomware_auto.yar#L1-L134"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "4e2ca4609381b30d42e64c0b5293ba475f8fc064d2896c6840f5040db174f8c4"
		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 = { 4889e5 4883ec20 894d10 837d1000 741e 8b4510 89c0 }
		$sequence_1 = { 8b842460010000 83c001 31d0 6689842466010000 0fb7942468010000 8b842460010000 83c002 }
		$sequence_2 = { 83f624 6689b42470550000 0fb7742450 83c609 83f653 6689b42472550000 0fb774244c }
		$sequence_3 = { 83c004 31d0 668984245c130000 0fb794245e130000 8b842450130000 83c005 31d0 }
		$sequence_4 = { 83e80a 668984246c040000 0fb784246e040000 f30f7e35???????? 4c8b3d???????? 83e80a 448b35???????? }
		$sequence_5 = { 83c007 31d0 66898424d21b0000 0fb79424d41b0000 8b8424c01b0000 83c008 31d0 }
		$sequence_6 = { 83ea05 66899444203e0000 4883c001 4883f81f 75e3 488d8424203e0000 4c8b05???????? }
		$sequence_7 = { 8bbc24204f0000 4183c601 8bb424204f0000 4183c502 4183c403 4183f665 83c504 }
		$sequence_8 = { 488d8424647c0000 31c9 66899424ce7c0000 4889842420870000 c78424a05b000024000000 8bb424a05b0000 448bb424a05b0000 }
		$sequence_9 = { 89442468 8b8c24205d0000 8b9424205d0000 448b9c24205d0000 897c2460 448b8424205d0000 448b8c24205d0000 }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 2590720
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ 4889e5 4883ec20 894d10 837d1000 741e 8b4510 89c0 }
$sequence_1hex{ 8b842460010000 83c001 31d0 6689842466010000 0fb7942468010000 8b842460010000 83c002 }
$sequence_2hex{ 83f624 6689b42470550000 0fb7742450 83c609 83f653 6689b42472550000 0fb774244c }
$sequence_3hex{ 83c004 31d0 668984245c130000 0fb794245e130000 8b842450130000 83c005 31d0 }
$sequence_4hex{ 83e80a 668984246c040000 0fb784246e040000 f30f7e35???????? 4c8b3d???????? 83e80a 448b35???????? }
$sequence_5hex{ 83c007 31d0 66898424d21b0000 0fb79424d41b0000 8b8424c01b0000 83c008 31d0 }
$sequence_6hex{ 83ea05 66899444203e0000 4883c001 4883f81f 75e3 488d8424203e0000 4c8b05???????? }
$sequence_7hex{ 8bbc24204f0000 4183c601 8bb424204f0000 4183c502 4183c403 4183f665 83c504 }
$sequence_8hex{ 488d8424647c0000 31c9 66899424ce7c0000 4889842420870000 c78424a05b000024000000 8bb424a05b0000 448bb424a05b0000 }
$sequence_9hex{ 89442468 8b8c24205d0000 8b9424205d0000 448b9c24205d0000 897c2460 448b8424205d0000 448b8c24205d0000 }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 2590720

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 2590720 (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: 6c181df2-98aa-50c7-8294-ada1bd47e30e

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