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SEKOIA_Launcher_Win_Romcom_Launcher
Detect the launcher of RomCom malware
- Author
- Sekoia.io
- Date
- 2022-11-04
- Modified
- 2024-12-19
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 78
What this rule detects
Detect the launcher of RomCom malware
Associated malware family: Romcom.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 1 patterns (0 text, 1 hex, 0 regex).
YARA-X says: warning[text_as_hex]: hex pattern could be written as text literal
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
launcher-win-romcom-launcher.yarDetection Rule License 1.1
rule SEKOIA_Launcher_Win_Romcom_Launcher : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detect the launcher of RomCom malware"
= "Sekoia.io"
= "e8fa8239-a763-4be2-8f34-8e112e65b35e"
= "2022-11-04"
= "2024-12-19"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/yara_rules/launcher_win_romcom_launcher.yar#L1-L16"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/LICENSE.md"
= "7d94f187c3fb85cbfe961dd3b292dc1abd36a8cee7c9ff9ec08c4c1e23d38588"
= 75
= 78
= "FILE"
= "1.0"
= "TLP:CLEAR"
strings:
$ = {43 3a 5c 55 73 65 72 73 5c 31 32 33 5c 73 6f 75 72 63 65 5c 72 65 70 6f 73 5c 69 6e 73 5f 61 73 69 5c 57 69 6e 33 32 5c 52 65 6c 65 61 73 65 5c 73 65 74 75 70 2e 70 64 62}
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5A4D and all of them
}
Strings (1 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $ | hex | {43 3a 5c 55 73 65 72 73 5c 31 32 33 5c 73 6f 75 72 63 65 5c 72 65 70 6f 73 5c 69 6e 73 5f 61 73 69 5c 57 69 6e 33 32 5c 52 65 6c 65 61 73 65 5c 73 65 74 75 70 … |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5A4D and all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- 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: e8fa8239-a763-4be2-8f34-8e112e65b35e
Metadata
| version | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| classification | TLP:CLEAR |
Tags:FILE
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