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SEKOIA_Backdoor_Lin_Sysupdate
Detect the SysUpdate malware
- Author
- Sekoia.io
- Date
- 2023-03-01
- Modified
- 2024-12-19
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 80
What this rule detects
Detect the SysUpdate malware
Targets: Linux ELF.
It defines 6 patterns (6 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
backdoor-lin-sysupdate.yarDetection Rule License 1.1
rule SEKOIA_Backdoor_Lin_Sysupdate : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detect the SysUpdate malware"
= "Sekoia.io"
= "9cb806cf-4ca1-44d8-809a-58cc5f364fb8"
= "2023-03-01"
= "2024-12-19"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/yara_rules/backdoor_lin_sysupdate.yar#L1-L20"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/LICENSE.md"
= "93e17cd535444e9cabc7440b1226526e67ddb81a84eb6377689a62f268b9dfee"
= 75
= 80
= "FILE"
= "1.0"
= "TLP:CLEAR"
strings:
$ = "generate guid path=%s"
$ = "3rd/asio/include/asio/detail/posix_event.hpp"
$ = "expires_at"
$ = "%s -f %s"
$ = "expires_after"
$ = "-run"
condition:
uint32( 0 ) == 0x464c457f and all of them
}
Strings (6 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $ | text | "generate guid path=%s" | |
| $ | text | "3rd/asio/include/asio/detail/posix_event.hpp" | |
| $ | text | "expires_at" | |
| $ | text | "%s -f %s" | |
| $ | text | "expires_after" | |
| $ | text | "-run" |
Condition
uint32( 0 ) == 0x464c457f and all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with the ELF header — a Linux/Unix executable.
- All 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: 9cb806cf-4ca1-44d8-809a-58cc5f364fb8
Metadata
| version | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| classification | TLP:CLEAR |
Tags:FILE
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