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SBOUSSEADEN_APT_Solarwind_Backdoor_Encoded_Strings

This rule is looking for some key encoded strings of the SUNBURST backdoor

APT / threat actorSamir Bousseaden (YaraHunts)No licence (all rights reserved)Compiles with YARA-X
Author
SBousseaden
Date
2020-12-14
Modified
2020-12-18
Score / Quality
75 / 75

What this rule detects

This rule is looking for some key encoded strings of the SUNBURST backdoor

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 17 patterns (16 text, 1 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

Rule text not reproduced

This rule comes from Samir Bousseaden (YaraHunts), which does not grant a licence to redistribute its rules (No licence (all rights reserved)). We show its metadata only. Read the original rule upstream:

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References

Sample hashes

Hashes of samples the author lists in the rule's meta (look them up in your threat-intelligence platform).

  • 846e27a652a5e1bfbd0ddd38a16dc865

Licence & attribution

Author: SBousseaden

Source repository: Samir Bousseaden (YaraHunts) @ 71b27a2a7c

Licence: No licence (all rights reserved) (repository licence)

Original rule

Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.

Rule id: 04a63bd6-9737-568f-a20e-c573b915cbd4

Metadata

sha2ce77d116a074dab7a22a0fd4f2c1ab475f16eec42e1ded3c0b0aa8211fe858d6

Tags:FILE

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