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SEKOIA_Ransomware_Win_Blackmatter
Detect Black matter ransomware (2021-07-23)
- Author
- Sekoia.io
- Date
- 2021-08-03
- Modified
- 2024-12-19
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 80
What this rule detects
Detect Black matter ransomware (2021-07-23)
Associated malware family: Blackmatter.
Targets: Windows PE.
It has no patterns: the condition alone decides (modules, file properties or other rules). YARA modules used: pe, hash.
YARA-X says: warning[deprecated_field]: field `number_of_sections` is deprecated
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
Includes the imports needed to compile it on its own.
import "pe"
import "hash"
rule SEKOIA_Ransomware_Win_Blackmatter
{
meta:
= "Detect Black matter ransomware (2021-07-23)"
= "Sekoia.io"
= "9b2d8ac3-b4d1-40f5-ac57-411547dcb2cf"
= "2021-08-03"
= "2024-12-19"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/yara_rules/ransomware_win_blackmatter.yar#L4-L17"
= "https://github.com/SEKOIA-IO/Community/blob/a438a5901a211c2abdf75da9c93921ef187473d1/LICENSE.md"
= "5a407a9901314211e13bef30254f1d129cf3c731ea970abff8602f1ae40177cb"
= 75
= 80
= ""
= "1.0"
= "TLP:CLEAR"
condition:
for any i in ( 0 .. pe.number_of_sections -1 ) : ( hash.md5 ( pe.sections [ i ] . raw_data_offset , pe.sections [ i ] . raw_data_size ) == "5e89d335de2021a2c268acf00ec513e5" )
}
Condition
for any i in ( 0 .. pe.number_of_sections -1 ) : ( hash.md5 ( pe.sections [ i ] . raw_data_offset , pe.sections [ i ] . raw_data_size ) == "5e89d335de2021a2c268acf00ec513e5" )In plain words (Heuristic)
- A for-loop checks a property over several matches or items.
- Uses the pe module.
- Uses the hash module.
- Compares a hash of the file or a part of it.
- Checks PE sections (names, count or properties).
Test this rule in your browser
Drop a file to scan it with this rule using YARA-X compiled to WebAssembly. Nothing is uploaded.
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: 9b2d8ac3-b4d1-40f5-ac57-411547dcb2cf
Metadata
| version | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| classification | TLP:CLEAR |
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