YARA · Trellix Advanced Research Center
TRELLIX_ARC_Chimera_Recordedtv_Modified
Rule to detect the modified version of RecordedTV.ms found in the Operation Skeleton
- Author
- Marc Rivero | McAfee ATR Team
- Date
- 2020-04-21
- Modified
- 2020-08-14
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 70
What this rule detects
Rule to detect the modified version of RecordedTV.ms found in the Operation Skeleton
Associated malware family: RecordedTV.
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 5 patterns (4 text, 1 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule TRELLIX_ARC_Chimera_Recordedtv_Modified : TROJAN FILE
{
meta:
= "Rule to detect the modified version of RecordedTV.ms found in the Operation Skeleton"
= "Marc Rivero | McAfee ATR Team"
= "b0969713-41a4-550c-9545-f02783fa8d02"
= "2020-04-21"
= "2020-08-14"
= "https://medium.com/@cycraft_corp/taiwan-high-tech-ecosystem-targeted-by-foreign-apt-group-5473d2ad8730"
= "https://github.com/advanced-threat-research/Yara-Rules//blob/1919562a59f190bda60c982424f6a24c542ee3e0/APT/APT_operation_skeleton.yar#L1-L33"
= "https://github.com/advanced-threat-research/Yara-Rules//blob/1919562a59f190bda60c982424f6a24c542ee3e0/LICENSE"
= "66f13964c87fc6fe093a9d8cc0de0bf2b3bdaea9564210283fdb97a1dde9893b"
= "7165779b66999259a079fa68f898c5f9fb634adcb9d249366d321dff1014184b"
= 75
= 70
= "TROJAN, FILE"
= "v1"
= "trojan"
= "Trojan:W32/RecordedTV"
= "Apt"
= "Unknown"
strings:
$byte = { C0 0E 5B C3 }
$s1 = "Encrypted file: CRC failed in %s (password incorrect ?)" fullword wide
$s2 = "EBorland C++ - Copyright 1999 Inprise Corporation" fullword ascii
$s3 = " MacOS file type: %c%c%c%c ; " fullword wide
$s4 = "rar.lng" fullword ascii
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 900KB and all of them
}
Strings (5 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $byte | hex | { C0 0E 5B C3 } | |
| $s1 | text | "Encrypted file: CRC failed in %s (password incorrect ?)" | fullword wide |
| $s2 | text | "EBorland C++ - Copyright 1999 Inprise Corporation" | fullword ascii |
| $s3 | text | " MacOS file type: %c%c%c%c ; " | fullword wide |
| $s4 | text | "rar.lng" | fullword ascii |
Condition
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 900KB and all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
- The file must be smaller than 900KB (a cheap guard that skips large files).
- All patterns in the rule must match.
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Sample hashes
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- 66f13964c87fc6fe093a9d8cc0de0bf2b3bdaea9564210283fdb97a1dde9893b
Licence & attribution
Author: Marc Rivero | McAfee ATR Team
Source repository: Trellix Advanced Research Center @ 1919562a59
Licence: Apache License 2.0 (repository licence)
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: b0969713-41a4-550c-9545-f02783fa8d02
Metadata
| rule_version | v1 |
|---|---|
| malware_type | trojan |
| malware_family | Trojan:W32/RecordedTV |
| actor_type | Apt |
| actor_group | Unknown |
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