YARA · Signature Base (Florian Roth / Nextron)
SIGNATURE_BASE_MAL_Emotet_BKA_Quarantine_Apr21
No description has been set in the source file - Signature Base
- Author
- press inquiries <info@bka.de>, technical contact <info@mha.bka.de>
- Date
- 2021-03-23
- Modified
- 2023-12-05
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 85
What this rule detects
No description has been set in the source file - Signature Base
Associated malware family: Emotet.
It defines 1 patterns (0 text, 1 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule SIGNATURE_BASE_MAL_Emotet_BKA_Quarantine_Apr21
{
meta:
= "No description has been set in the source file - Signature Base"
= "press inquiries <info@bka.de>, technical contact <info@mha.bka.de>"
= "22c27d82-00cb-5d2f-a1cc-9f8b4c60aecd"
= "2021-03-23"
= "2023-12-05"
= "https://www.bka.de/DE/IhreSicherheit/RichtigesVerhalten/StraftatenImInternet/FAQ/FAQ_node.html"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/yara/crime_emotet.yar#L39-L52"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/LICENSE"
= "cc75be5f641e21446a41bf9cc855330a612847e7e3a3be935577d33195f40d05"
= 75
= 85
= ""
= "The modified emotet binary replaces the original emotet on the system of the victim. The original emotet is copied to a quarantine for evidence-preservation."
= "The quarantine folder depends on the scope of the initial emotet infection (user or administrator). It is the temporary folder as returned by GetTempPathW under a filename starting with UDP as returned by GetTempFileNameW. To prevent accidental reinfection by a user, the quarantined emotet is encrypted using RC4 and a 0x20 bytes long key found at the start of the quarantined file (see $key)."
= "TLP:WHITE"
strings:
$key = { c3 da da 19 63 45 2c 86 77 3b e9 fd 24 64 fb b8 07 fe 12 d0 2a 48 13 38 48 68 e8 ae 91 3c ed 82 }
condition:
$key at 0
}
Strings (1 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $key | hex | { c3 da da 19 63 45 2c 86 77 3b e9 fd 24 64 fb b8 07 fe 12 d0 2a 48 13 38 48 68 e8 ae 91 3c ed 82 } |
Condition
$key at 0In plain words (Heuristic)
- Pattern $key must be found at offset 0.
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Licence & attribution
Author: press inquiries <info@bka.de>, technical contact <info@mha.bka.de>
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: 22c27d82-00cb-5d2f-a1cc-9f8b4c60aecd
Metadata
| descripton | The modified emotet binary replaces the original emotet on the system of the victim. The original emotet is copied to a quarantine for evidence-preservation. |
|---|---|
| note | The quarantine folder depends on the scope of the initial emotet infection (user or administrator). It is the temporary folder as returned by GetTempPathW under a filename starting with UDP as returned by GetTempFileNameW. To prevent accidental reinfection by a user, the quarantined emotet is encrypted using RC4 and a 0x20 bytes long key found at the start of the quarantined file (see $key). |
| sharing | TLP:WHITE |
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