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MALPEDIA_Win_Socksbot_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwareSocksbotMalpedia 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: Socksbot.

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

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-socksbot-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Socksbot_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "aea4f75d-d361-5623-8f67-158321d8b4bd"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.socksbot"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.socksbot_auto.yar#L1-L120"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "e214018a7295947bd0c22d61e6fd1424442fee71cd48e9553a4a5bd1d1011c60"
		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 = { 4e 83ce80 46 47 }
		$sequence_1 = { c3 e8???????? e8???????? e8???????? 6a08 68???????? }
		$sequence_2 = { 8d85bcfeffff 50 ff15???????? 40 }
		$sequence_3 = { 83fe08 7cf0 eb1e 8bc6 69c00c000100 33d2 ff740804 }
		$sequence_4 = { c745f400879303 ff15???????? 8b7df8 85c0 }
		$sequence_5 = { eb16 8d45d0 50 53 e8???????? eb0a }
		$sequence_6 = { ff15???????? 8b45fc 48 03f0 8d45fc }
		$sequence_7 = { e8???????? 8b75fc 83c40c e9???????? 8d45b0 50 68???????? }
		$sequence_8 = { ff15???????? 85c0 0f8583010000 53 57 803d????????00 0f8572010000 }
		$sequence_9 = { 8b5d08 81c3a0860100 895d08 81fb40420f00 7e18 bb40420f00 }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 73728
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ 4e 83ce80 46 47 }
$sequence_1hex{ c3 e8???????? e8???????? e8???????? 6a08 68???????? }
$sequence_2hex{ 8d85bcfeffff 50 ff15???????? 40 }
$sequence_3hex{ 83fe08 7cf0 eb1e 8bc6 69c00c000100 33d2 ff740804 }
$sequence_4hex{ c745f400879303 ff15???????? 8b7df8 85c0 }
$sequence_5hex{ eb16 8d45d0 50 53 e8???????? eb0a }
$sequence_6hex{ ff15???????? 8b45fc 48 03f0 8d45fc }
$sequence_7hex{ e8???????? 8b75fc 83c40c e9???????? 8d45b0 50 68???????? }
$sequence_8hex{ ff15???????? 85c0 0f8583010000 53 57 803d????????00 0f8572010000 }
$sequence_9hex{ 8b5d08 81c3a0860100 895d08 81fb40420f00 7e18 bb40420f00 }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 73728

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 73728 (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: aea4f75d-d361-5623-8f67-158321d8b4bd

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