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MALPEDIA_Win_Purelocker_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwarePurelockerMalpedia 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: Purelocker.

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

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-purelocker-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Purelocker_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "14214de4-01ef-5113-b85d-0115236817d4"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.purelocker"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.purelocker_auto.yar#L1-L133"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "d4707eeb3bb5b798f3c6870c6d6ac41b6eba5b1030e7884a4d0013e245c91c25"
		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 = { 8d053a460110 50 e8???????? e8???????? 011424 e8???????? 8d442404 }
		$sequence_1 = { 83fb01 753f 8b9c249c000000 21db 7505 e9???????? 8bac249c000000 }
		$sequence_2 = { ff74242c e8???????? a3???????? 8b1d???????? 21db 7513 681f84143a }
		$sequence_3 = { 7475 52 e8???????? 5a 50 52 }
		$sequence_4 = { 6800000000 6800000000 ff742470 ffb4249c000000 8bac24b0000000 8d4578 ff7004 }
		$sequence_5 = { e8???????? 31c0 5b c3 55 53 57 }
		$sequence_6 = { eb02 31c0 21c0 0f844c020000 ff742410 8d1584400110 59 }
		$sequence_7 = { 58 52 e8???????? 5a 50 ff35???????? 8d051a470110 }
		$sequence_8 = { 6800000000 6800000000 ff542414 89c3 21db 7509 ff742408 }
		$sequence_9 = { 8b5c2418 81fb405ec084 750e 8b6c240c ff7518 58 89442410 }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 193536
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ 8d053a460110 50 e8???????? e8???????? 011424 e8???????? 8d442404 }
$sequence_1hex{ 83fb01 753f 8b9c249c000000 21db 7505 e9???????? 8bac249c000000 }
$sequence_2hex{ ff74242c e8???????? a3???????? 8b1d???????? 21db 7513 681f84143a }
$sequence_3hex{ 7475 52 e8???????? 5a 50 52 }
$sequence_4hex{ 6800000000 6800000000 ff742470 ffb4249c000000 8bac24b0000000 8d4578 ff7004 }
$sequence_5hex{ e8???????? 31c0 5b c3 55 53 57 }
$sequence_6hex{ eb02 31c0 21c0 0f844c020000 ff742410 8d1584400110 59 }
$sequence_7hex{ 58 52 e8???????? 5a 50 ff35???????? 8d051a470110 }
$sequence_8hex{ 6800000000 6800000000 ff542414 89c3 21db 7509 ff742408 }
$sequence_9hex{ 8b5c2418 81fb405ec084 750e 8b6c240c ff7518 58 89442410 }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 193536

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 193536 (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: 14214de4-01ef-5113-b85d-0115236817d4

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