YARA · SEKOIA.IO Community
SEKOIA_Infostealer_Win_Aurora_Str
Finds Aurora botnet samples based on characteristic strings.
- Author
- Sekoia.io
- Date
- 2022-07-21
- Modified
- 2024-12-19
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 80
What this rule detects
Finds Aurora botnet samples based on characteristic strings.
Associated malware family: Aurora.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 18 patterns (18 text, 0 hex, 0 regex). YARA modules used: pe.
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
Includes the imports needed to compile it on its own.
import "pe"
rule SEKOIA_Infostealer_Win_Aurora_Str : FILE
{
meta:
= "Finds Aurora botnet samples based on characteristic strings."
= "Sekoia.io"
= "1f4391b8-700f-4702-9ef6-68ce3d55a176"
= "2022-07-21"
= "2024-12-19"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/yara_rules/infostealer_win_aurora_str.yar#L3-L34"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/LICENSE.md"
= "745443bb58f00cb09a1f323f530219913eaaf0d0e71c9a25af2072006f8c5f92"
= 75
= 80
= "FILE"
= "1.0"
= "TLP:CLEAR"
strings:
$str01 = "Logs.tar" ascii
$str02 = "*main.StealerData" ascii
$str03 = "AppData\\Roaming\\Armory" ascii
$str04 = "AppData\\Local\\BraveSoftware\\Brave-Browser\\User Data" ascii
$str05 = "github.com/TheTitanrain/w32" ascii
$str06 = "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3" ascii
$str07 = "ScreenShot" ascii
$str08 = "*sql.stmtConnGrabber" ascii
$str09 = "Default\\Network\\Cookies" ascii
$str10 = "BuildID" ascii
$str11 = "Clipper" ascii
$str12 = "GeoPos" ascii
$str13 = "AppData\\Roaming\\Exodus\\exodus.wallet" ascii
$str14 = "FileGrabber\\Documents" ascii
$str15 = "193.233.48." ascii
$str16 = "ShellExecute" ascii
$str17 = "crypto/aes.(*aesCipherGCM).Encrypt" ascii
$str18 = "File-Download" ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5A4D and ( 14 of them or pe.imphash ( ) == "8ee5c1c09f740fbe63e8b35dac5d6f70" or pe.imphash ( ) == "369b4f5b6c99674f15070689e1f675af" )
}
Strings (18 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $str01 | text | "Logs.tar" | ascii |
| $str02 | text | "*main.StealerData" | ascii |
| $str03 | text | "AppData\\Roaming\\Armory" | ascii |
| $str04 | text | "AppData\\Local\\BraveSoftware\\Brave-Browser\\User Data" | ascii |
| $str05 | text | "github.com/TheTitanrain/w32" | ascii |
| $str06 | text | "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3" | ascii |
| $str07 | text | "ScreenShot" | ascii |
| $str08 | text | "*sql.stmtConnGrabber" | ascii |
| $str09 | text | "Default\\Network\\Cookies" | ascii |
| $str10 | text | "BuildID" | ascii |
| $str11 | text | "Clipper" | ascii |
| $str12 | text | "GeoPos" | ascii |
| $str13 | text | "AppData\\Roaming\\Exodus\\exodus.wallet" | ascii |
| $str14 | text | "FileGrabber\\Documents" | ascii |
| $str15 | text | "193.233.48." | ascii |
| $str16 | text | "ShellExecute" | ascii |
| $str17 | text | "crypto/aes.(*aesCipherGCM).Encrypt" | ascii |
| $str18 | text | "File-Download" | ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5A4D and ( 14 of them or pe.imphash ( ) == "8ee5c1c09f740fbe63e8b35dac5d6f70" or pe.imphash ( ) == "369b4f5b6c99674f15070689e1f675af" )In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- At least 14 patterns in the rule must match.
- Uses the pe module.
- Checks the PE import hash (imphash).
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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: 1f4391b8-700f-4702-9ef6-68ce3d55a176
Metadata
| version | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| classification | TLP:CLEAR |
Tags:FILE
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