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SEKOIA_Backdoor_Powershellempire_Gen

Detects EmpirePowershell

MalwareSEKOIA.IO CommunityDetection Rule License 1.1Compiles with YARA-X
Author
Sekoia.io
Date
2022-04-15
Modified
2024-12-19
Score / Quality
75 / 76

What this rule detects

Detects EmpirePowershell

It defines 2 patterns (2 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

backdoor-powershellempire-gen.yarDetection Rule License 1.1
rule SEKOIA_Backdoor_Powershellempire_Gen : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects EmpirePowershell"
		author = "Sekoia.io"
		id = "36050a5b-bdca-45cd-8e26-7129fdcbf1e8"
		date = "2022-04-15"
		modified = "2024-12-19"
		reference = "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community"
		source_url = "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/yara_rules/backdoor_powershellempire_gen.yar#L1-L16"
		license_url = "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/LICENSE.md"
		logic_hash = "21f255bcfb6da2aa996ed61ff5fb29a9355de6169095f7c3141a1b7f3cea5c2d"
		score = 75
		quality = 76
		tags = "FILE"
		version = "1.0"
		classification = "TLP:CLEAR"

	strings:
		$ = "%{$J=($J+$S[$_]+$K[$_%$K.COUNt])%256;" nocase wide ascii
		$ = "($IV+$K))|IEX" nocase wide ascii

	condition:
		all of them and filesize < 1MB
}

Strings (2 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$text"%{$J=($J+$S[$_]+$K[$_%$K.COUNt])%256;"nocase wide ascii
$text"($IV+$K))|IEX"nocase wide ascii

Condition

all of them and filesize < 1MB

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 1MB (a cheap guard that skips large files).
  • 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)

Original rule

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

Rule id: 36050a5b-bdca-45cd-8e26-7129fdcbf1e8

Metadata

version1.0
classificationTLP:CLEAR

Tags:FILE