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MALPEDIA_Win_Powerduke_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwarePowerdukeMalpedia 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: Powerduke.

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

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-powerduke-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Powerduke_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "658a1cda-5f77-56de-9f18-f831b8e1b259"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.powerduke"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.powerduke_auto.yar#L1-L125"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "d2182db867ff6a53a7d17e85e856d89d6c3d1d584f315f5e805e29753b64695e"
		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 = { 09c0 7434 0345cc 3b4518 0f87f5010000 }
		$sequence_1 = { 50 ffb5f8fbffff ff15???????? 58 c9 }
		$sequence_2 = { 56 ff15???????? 09c0 742f 89c7 6a00 }
		$sequence_3 = { 09c0 7518 8d85f8f3ffff 8d8dfcfbffff 51 50 }
		$sequence_4 = { 55 89e5 81ec08100000 56 57 8d85f8efffff }
		$sequence_5 = { 8b451c c70000000000 837d2000 740f 8b4520 8945dc c745e000000000 }
		$sequence_6 = { c645e000 c745e177696e68 c745e57474702e 66c745e9646c c645eb6c }
		$sequence_7 = { 56 57 8d85f8efffff 50 6819000200 6a00 68???????? }
		$sequence_8 = { 8d8df8f3ffff 51 68???????? 50 ff15???????? 83c40c b9???????? }
		$sequence_9 = { 8f05???????? c705????????03000000 c745f803000000 ff75dc 8f45f0 ff75e0 8f45f4 }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 57344
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ 09c0 7434 0345cc 3b4518 0f87f5010000 }
$sequence_1hex{ 50 ffb5f8fbffff ff15???????? 58 c9 }
$sequence_2hex{ 56 ff15???????? 09c0 742f 89c7 6a00 }
$sequence_3hex{ 09c0 7518 8d85f8f3ffff 8d8dfcfbffff 51 50 }
$sequence_4hex{ 55 89e5 81ec08100000 56 57 8d85f8efffff }
$sequence_5hex{ 8b451c c70000000000 837d2000 740f 8b4520 8945dc c745e000000000 }
$sequence_6hex{ c645e000 c745e177696e68 c745e57474702e 66c745e9646c c645eb6c }
$sequence_7hex{ 56 57 8d85f8efffff 50 6819000200 6a00 68???????? }
$sequence_8hex{ 8d8df8f3ffff 51 68???????? 50 ff15???????? 83c40c b9???????? }
$sequence_9hex{ 8f05???????? c705????????03000000 c745f803000000 ff75dc 8f45f0 ff75e0 8f45f4 }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 57344

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 57344 (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: 658a1cda-5f77-56de-9f18-f831b8e1b259

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