YARA · Signature Base (Florian Roth / Nextron)
SIGNATURE_BASE_APT_MAL_RANSOM_Vicesociety_Chily_Jan23_1
Detects Chily or SunnyDay malware used by Vice Society
- Author
- Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
- Date
- 2023-01-12
- Modified
- 2023-12-05
- Score / Quality
- 80 / 83
What this rule detects
Detects Chily or SunnyDay malware used by Vice Society
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 11 patterns (8 text, 3 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule SIGNATURE_BASE_APT_MAL_RANSOM_Vicesociety_Chily_Jan23_1 : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects Chily or SunnyDay malware used by Vice Society"
= "Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)"
= "1be4adb9-e60c-5023-9230-07f5fd16daaa"
= "2023-01-12"
= "2023-12-05"
= "https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/custom-branded-ransomware-the-vice-society-group-and-the-threat-of-outsourced-development/"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/yara/apt_ransom_vicesociety_dec22.yar#L33-L63"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/LICENSE"
= "4dabb914b8a29506e1eced1d0467c34107767f10fdefa08c40112b2e6fc32e41"
= "fc2967d86bf73033e68b8b9409a197ae8f7fcdf06e1e2a17e3d277d243caa541"
= 80
= 83
= "FILE"
strings:
$x1 = ".[Chily@Dr.Com]" ascii fullword
$s1 = "localbitcoins.com/buy_bitcoins'>https://localbitcoins.com/buy_bitcoins</a>" ascii fullword
$s2 = "C:\\Users\\root\\Desktop" ascii fullword
$s3 = "for /F \"tokens=*\" %1 in ('wevtutil.exe el') DO wevtutil.exe cl \"%1\"" wide fullword
$s4 = "cd %userprofile%\\documents\\" wide
$s5 = "noise.bmp" wide fullword
$s6 = " Execution time: %fms (1sec=1000ms)" ascii fullword
$s7 = "/c vssadmin.exe Delete Shadows /All /Quiet" wide fullword
$op1 = { 4c 89 c5 89 ce 89 0d f5 41 02 00 4c 89 cf 44 8d 04 49 0f af f2 89 15 e9 41 02 00 44 89 c0 }
$op2 = { 48 8b 03 48 89 d9 ff 50 10 84 c0 0f 94 c0 01 c0 48 83 c4 20 5b }
$op3 = { 31 c0 47 8d 2c 00 45 85 f6 4d 63 ed 0f 8e ec 00 00 00 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 0f b7 94 44 40 0c 00 00 83 c1 01 }
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 500KB and ( 1 of ( $x* ) or 3 of them ) or 4 of them
}
Strings (11 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $x1 | text | ".[Chily@Dr.Com]" | ascii fullword |
| $s1 | text | "localbitcoins.com/buy_bitcoins'>https://localbitcoins.com/buy_bitcoins</a>" | ascii fullword |
| $s2 | text | "C:\\Users\\root\\Desktop" | ascii fullword |
| $s3 | text | "for /F \"tokens=*\" %1 in ('wevtutil.exe el') DO wevtutil.exe cl \"%1\"" | wide fullword |
| $s4 | text | "cd %userprofile%\\documents\\" | wide |
| $s5 | text | "noise.bmp" | wide fullword |
| $s6 | text | " Execution time: %fms (1sec=1000ms)" | ascii fullword |
| $s7 | text | "/c vssadmin.exe Delete Shadows /All /Quiet" | wide fullword |
| $op1 | hex | { 4c 89 c5 89 ce 89 0d f5 41 02 00 4c 89 cf 44 8d 04 49 0f af f2 89 15 e9 41 02 00 44 89 c0 } | |
| $op2 | hex | { 48 8b 03 48 89 d9 ff 50 10 84 c0 0f 94 c0 01 c0 48 83 c4 20 5b } | |
| $op3 | hex | { 31 c0 47 8d 2c 00 45 85 f6 4d 63 ed 0f 8e ec 00 00 00 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 0f b7 94 44 40 0c 00 00 83 c1 01 } |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 500KB and ( 1 of ( $x* ) or 3 of them ) or 4 of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- The file must be smaller than 500KB (a cheap guard that skips large files).
- At least 1 patterns in ( $x* ) must match.
- At least 3 patterns in the rule must match.
- At least 4 patterns in the rule must match.
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Sample hashes
Hashes of samples the author lists in the rule's meta (look them up in your threat-intelligence platform).
- 4dabb914b8a29506e1eced1d0467c34107767f10fdefa08c40112b2e6fc32e41
Licence & attribution
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Source repository: Signature Base (Florian Roth / Nextron) @ 94a1c48d7a
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: 1be4adb9-e60c-5023-9230-07f5fd16daaa
Tags:FILE
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