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SEKOIA_Hacktool_Pplblade_Strings
Detects PPLBlade
- Author
- Sekoia.io
- Date
- 2023-11-23
- Modified
- 2024-12-19
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 80
What this rule detects
Detects PPLBlade
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 3 patterns (3 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
hacktool-pplblade-strings.yarDetection Rule License 1.1
rule SEKOIA_Hacktool_Pplblade_Strings : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects PPLBlade"
= "Sekoia.io"
= "1a443621-fc95-4a70-873e-c1389943d4ab"
= "2023-11-23"
= "2024-12-19"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/yara_rules/hacktool_pplblade_strings.yar#L1-L19"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/LICENSE.md"
= "e853e109dbf5dfcba465f61cb689f261df5156e98297d3d00f700e20491de66e"
= 75
= 80
= "FILE"
= "1.0"
= "TLP:CLEAR"
strings:
$ = "shirou/gopsutil/internal/"
$ = ".miniDumpWriteDump"
$ = ".DRIVER_FULL_PATH"
condition:
uint16be( 0 ) == 0x4d5a and filesize > 4MB and filesize < 6MB and all of them
}
Strings (3 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $ | text | "shirou/gopsutil/internal/" | |
| $ | text | ".miniDumpWriteDump" | |
| $ | text | ".DRIVER_FULL_PATH" |
Condition
uint16be( 0 ) == 0x4d5a and filesize > 4MB and filesize < 6MB and all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- The file must be smaller than 6MB (a cheap guard that skips large files).
- The file must be larger than 4MB.
- 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: 1a443621-fc95-4a70-873e-c1389943d4ab
Metadata
| version | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| classification | TLP:CLEAR |
Tags:FILE
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