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SEKOIA_Apt_Sandworm_Olympicdestroyer
Detects OlympicDestroyer malware
APT / threat actorOlympic DestroyerSEKOIA.IO CommunityDetection Rule License 1.1Compiles with YARA-X
- Author
- Sekoia.io
- Date
- 2022-04-15
- Modified
- 2024-12-19
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 80
What this rule detects
Detects OlympicDestroyer malware
Associated malware family: Olympic Destroyer.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 6 patterns (6 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
apt-sandworm-olympicdestroyer.yarDetection Rule License 1.1
rule SEKOIA_Apt_Sandworm_Olympicdestroyer : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects OlympicDestroyer malware"
= "Sekoia.io"
= "6820eb32-fea2-4a00-a5a2-672ba09f8206"
= "2022-04-15"
= "2024-12-19"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/yara_rules/apt_sandworm_olympicdestroyer.yar#L1-L21"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/LICENSE.md"
= "a68a96ab036e69a32e173b2d2fa6a81ab872032f89bfdfc3cd4446305a33921b"
= 75
= 80
= "FILE"
= "1.0"
= "TLP:CLEAR"
strings:
$ = "cmd.exe /c (ping 0.0.0.0 > nul)" wide
$ = "if exist %programdata%\\evtchk.txt" wide
$ = "\\\\.\\pipe\\%ls" wide
$ = "%ProgramData%\\%COMPUTERNAME%.exe" wide
$ = "(exit 5) else ( type nul >" wide
$ = "Select * From Win32_ProcessStopTrace" nocase
condition:
uint16be( 0 ) == 0x4d5a and 3 of them
}
Strings (6 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $ | text | "cmd.exe /c (ping 0.0.0.0 > nul)" | wide |
| $ | text | "if exist %programdata%\\evtchk.txt" | wide |
| $ | text | "\\\\.\\pipe\\%ls" | wide |
| $ | text | "%ProgramData%\\%COMPUTERNAME%.exe" | wide |
| $ | text | "(exit 5) else ( type nul >" | wide |
| $ | text | "Select * From Win32_ProcessStopTrace" | nocase |
Condition
uint16be( 0 ) == 0x4d5a and 3 of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- At least 3 patterns in the rule must match.
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References
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: 6820eb32-fea2-4a00-a5a2-672ba09f8206
Metadata
| version | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| classification | TLP:CLEAR |
Tags:FILE
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