YARA · SEKOIA.IO Community
SEKOIA_Backdoor_Powershellempire_Gen
Detects EmpirePowershell
- 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:
= "Detects EmpirePowershell"
= "Sekoia.io"
= "36050a5b-bdca-45cd-8e26-7129fdcbf1e8"
= "2022-04-15"
= "2024-12-19"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/yara_rules/backdoor_powershellempire_gen.yar#L1-L16"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/LICENSE.md"
= "21f255bcfb6da2aa996ed61ff5fb29a9355de6169095f7c3141a1b7f3cea5c2d"
= 75
= 76
= "FILE"
= "1.0"
= "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)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $ | text | "%{$J=($J+$S[$_]+$K[$_%$K.COUNt])%256;" | nocase wide ascii |
| $ | text | "($IV+$K))|IEX" | nocase wide ascii |
Condition
all of them and filesize < 1MBIn 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)
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
| version | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| classification | TLP:CLEAR |
Tags:FILE
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