YARA · Signature Base (Florian Roth / Nextron)
SIGNATURE_BASE_APT_MAL_Win_Bluelight
The BLUELIGHT malware family. Leverages Microsoft OneDrive for network communications.
- Author
- threatintel@volexity.com
- Date
- 2021-04-23
- Modified
- 2023-12-05
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 85
What this rule detects
The BLUELIGHT malware family. Leverages Microsoft OneDrive for network communications.
Associated malware family: Bluelight.
It defines 14 patterns (14 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule SIGNATURE_BASE_APT_MAL_Win_Bluelight : INKYSQUID
{
meta:
= "The BLUELIGHT malware family. Leverages Microsoft OneDrive for network communications."
= "threatintel@volexity.com"
= "3ec2d44c-4c08-514d-a839-acef3f53f7dc"
= "2021-04-23"
= "2023-12-05"
= "https://www.volexity.com/blog/2021/08/17/north-korean-apt-inkysquid-infects-victims-using-browser-exploits/"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/yara/apt_apt37_bluelight.yar#L114-L144"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/LICENSE"
= "7c40019c1d4cef2ffdd1dd8f388aaba537440b1bffee41789c900122d075a86d"
= "94b71ee0861cc7cfbbae53ad2e411a76f296fd5684edf6b25ebe79bf6a2a600a"
= "52589348f42aadbe453ad8a40ac36b58fcc9e07cd298486f09b6f793823d8cc7"
= 75
= 85
= "INKYSQUID"
= "See license at https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/LICENSE.txt"
strings:
$pdb1 = "\\Development\\BACKDOOR\\ncov\\"
$pdb2 = "Release\\bluelight.pdb"
$msg0 = "https://ipinfo.io" fullword
$msg1 = "country" fullword
$msg5 = "\"UserName\":\"" fullword
$msg7 = "\"ComName\":\"" fullword
$msg8 = "\"OS\":\"" fullword
$msg9 = "\"OnlineIP\":\"" fullword
$msg10 = "\"LocalIP\":\"" fullword
$msg11 = "\"Time\":\"" fullword
$msg12 = "\"Compiled\":\"" fullword
$msg13 = "\"Process Level\":\"" fullword
$msg14 = "\"AntiVirus\":\"" fullword
$msg15 = "\"VM\":\"" fullword
condition:
any of ( $pdb* ) or all of ( $msg* )
}
Strings (14 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $pdb1 | text | "\\Development\\BACKDOOR\\ncov\\" | |
| $pdb2 | text | "Release\\bluelight.pdb" | |
| $msg0 | text | "https://ipinfo.io" | fullword |
| $msg1 | text | "country" | fullword |
| $msg5 | text | "\"UserName\":\"" | fullword |
| $msg7 | text | "\"ComName\":\"" | fullword |
| $msg8 | text | "\"OS\":\"" | fullword |
| $msg9 | text | "\"OnlineIP\":\"" | fullword |
| $msg10 | text | "\"LocalIP\":\"" | fullword |
| $msg11 | text | "\"Time\":\"" | fullword |
| $msg12 | text | "\"Compiled\":\"" | fullword |
| $msg13 | text | "\"Process Level\":\"" | fullword |
| $msg14 | text | "\"AntiVirus\":\"" | fullword |
| $msg15 | text | "\"VM\":\"" | fullword |
Condition
any of ( $pdb* ) or all of ( $msg* )In plain words (Heuristic)
- All patterns in ( $msg* ) must match.
- At least one pattern in ( $pdb* ) 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).
- 7c40019c1d4cef2ffdd1dd8f388aaba537440b1bffee41789c900122d075a86d
- 94b71ee0861cc7cfbbae53ad2e411a76f296fd5684edf6b25ebe79bf6a2a600a
Licence & attribution
Author: threatintel@volexity.com
Source repository: Signature Base (Florian Roth / Nextron) @ 94a1c48d7a
Licence: BSD 2-Clause License (stated in the rule's own meta)
“See license at https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/LICENSE.txt”
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: 3ec2d44c-4c08-514d-a839-acef3f53f7dc
Tags:INKYSQUID
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