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SEKOIA_Apt_Lazarus_Lambload_Timecheck
Detects timeCheck routine in LambLoad
- Author
- Sekoia.io
- Date
- 2023-11-27
- Modified
- 2024-12-19
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 80
What this rule detects
Detects timeCheck routine in LambLoad
Associated malware family: Lambload.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 1 patterns (0 text, 1 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
apt-lazarus-lambload-timecheck.yarDetection Rule License 1.1
rule SEKOIA_Apt_Lazarus_Lambload_Timecheck : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects timeCheck routine in LambLoad"
= "Sekoia.io"
= "8807c752-c34e-4c3b-9194-3a9bd2575a88"
= "2023-11-27"
= "2024-12-19"
= "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/11/22/diamond-sleet-supply-chain-compromise-distributes-a-modified-cyberlink-installer/"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/yara_rules/apt_lazarus_lambload_timecheck.yar#L1-L67"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/LICENSE.md"
= "019e559f3596cf83f7e7ada05f6550b50b2d45d577600fa549470b98af93e23b"
= 75
= 80
= "FILE"
= "1.0"
= "TLP:CLEAR"
strings:
$chunk_1 = {
0F 85 ?? ?? ?? ??
8D 85 ?? ?? ?? ??
50
E8 ?? ?? ?? ??
83 C4 ??
83 78 ?? ??
0F 85 ?? ?? ?? ??
8B 48 ??
83 F9 ??
0F 8C ?? ?? ?? ??
83 F9 ??
0F 8D ?? ?? ?? ??
8B 40 ??
83 F8 ??
0F 8C ?? ?? ?? ??
83 F8 ??
0F 8D ?? ?? ?? ??
53
57
68 ?? ?? ?? ??
8D 85 ?? ?? ?? ??
6A ??
50
C7 85 ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??
}
condition:
uint16be( 0 ) == 0x4d5a and any of them
}
Strings (1 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $chunk_1 | hex | { 0F 85 ?? ?? ?? ?? 8D 85 ?? ?? ?? ?? 50 E8 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 C4 ?? 83 78 ?? ?? 0F 85 ?? ?? ?? ?? 8 … |
Condition
uint16be( 0 ) == 0x4d5a and any of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- At least one pattern in the rule must match.
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Licence & attribution
Author: Sekoia.io
Source repository: SEKOIA.IO Community @ a438a5901a
Licence: Detection Rule License 1.1 (repository licence)
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: 8807c752-c34e-4c3b-9194-3a9bd2575a88
Metadata
| version | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| classification | TLP:CLEAR |
Tags:FILE
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