YARA · Signature Base (Florian Roth / Nextron)
SIGNATURE_BASE_APT_MAL_Tinyturla_Sep21_1
Detects Tiny Turla backdoor DLL
- Author
- Cisco Talos
- Date
- 2021-09-21
- Modified
- 2023-12-05
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 85
What this rule detects
Detects Tiny Turla backdoor DLL
Associated malware family: Tiny Turla.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 9 patterns (9 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule SIGNATURE_BASE_APT_MAL_Tinyturla_Sep21_1 : FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects Tiny Turla backdoor DLL"
= "Cisco Talos"
= "19659ac7-310a-52dd-a94c-022c7add752b"
= "2021-09-21"
= "2023-12-05"
= "https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/09/tinyturla.html"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/yara/apt_turla.yar#L275-L295"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/LICENSE"
= "030cbd1a51f8583ccfc3fa38a28a5550dc1c84c05d6c0f5eb887d13dedf1da01"
= "ede598374bc4a8a870aa29498be4200b4a3d7b289dfcb680fb3f91108d212bca"
= 75
= 85
= "FILE"
strings:
$a = "Title: " fullword wide
$b = "Hosts" fullword wide
$c = "Security" fullword wide
$d = "TimeLong" fullword wide
$e = "TimeShort" fullword wide
$f = "MachineGuid" fullword wide
$g = "POST" fullword wide
$h = "WinHttpSetOption" fullword ascii
$i = "WinHttpQueryDataAvailable" fullword ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 25KB and all of them
}
Strings (9 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $a | text | "Title: " | fullword wide |
| $b | text | "Hosts" | fullword wide |
| $c | text | "Security" | fullword wide |
| $d | text | "TimeLong" | fullword wide |
| $e | text | "TimeShort" | fullword wide |
| $f | text | "MachineGuid" | fullword wide |
| $g | text | "POST" | fullword wide |
| $h | text | "WinHttpSetOption" | fullword ascii |
| $i | text | "WinHttpQueryDataAvailable" | fullword ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 25KB and all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- The file must be smaller than 25KB (a cheap guard that skips large files).
- All 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).
- 030cbd1a51f8583ccfc3fa38a28a5550dc1c84c05d6c0f5eb887d13dedf1da01
Licence & attribution
Author: Cisco Talos
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: 19659ac7-310a-52dd-a94c-022c7add752b
Tags:FILE
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