YARA · Trellix Advanced Research Center
TRELLIX_ARC_RANSOM_Darkside
Rule to detect packed and unpacked samples of DarkSide
- Author
- Marc Rivero | McAfee ATR Team
- Date
- 2020-08-11
- Modified
- 2023-07-27
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 70
What this rule detects
Rule to detect packed and unpacked samples of DarkSide
Associated malware family: DarkSide.
It defines 2 patterns (0 text, 2 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule TRELLIX_ARC_RANSOM_Darkside : RANSOMWARE FILE
{
meta:
= "Rule to detect packed and unpacked samples of DarkSide"
= "Marc Rivero | McAfee ATR Team"
= "ecbee92f-236a-5385-9566-502ef1c0aeda"
= "2020-08-11"
= "2023-07-27"
= "https://github.com/advanced-threat-research/Yara-Rules/"
= "https://github.com/advanced-threat-research/Yara-Rules//blob/1919562a59f190bda60c982424f6a24c542ee3e0/ransomware/RANSOM_Darkside.yar#L1-L23"
= "https://github.com/advanced-threat-research/Yara-Rules//blob/1919562a59f190bda60c982424f6a24c542ee3e0/LICENSE"
= "9cee5522a7ca2bfca7cd3d9daba23e9a30deb6205f56c12045839075f7627297"
= "be16d65911336809be103ea667167228e6445de85fd47ecd9ff8b3d91e056693"
= 75
= 70
= "RANSOMWARE, FILE"
= "v1"
= "ransomware"
= "Ransom:W32/DarkSide"
= "Cybercrime"
= "Unknown"
strings:
$pattern_0 = { 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}
$pattern_1 = { 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}
condition:
$pattern_0 or $pattern_1 and filesize < 5831344
}
Strings (2 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $pattern_0 | hex | { CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC558BEC5053515256570FEFC0660FEFC033DB8B7D088B450C33D2B910000000F7F185C0740B0F110783C7104885C075F585D27502EB5892B908000000F7F185 … | |
| $pattern_1 | hex | { 70211F3B6E97C50000473D000000A000004602003EBBFF1F92CC558BEC5053515256570FEFC0660333DBFBFFEDFF8B7D088B450C33D2B9100000F7F185C0740B0F110783C710480A692EFB7F75F585 … |
Condition
$pattern_0 or $pattern_1 and filesize < 5831344In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must be smaller than 5831344 (a cheap guard that skips large files).
- Pattern $pattern_0 must be present.
- Pattern $pattern_1 must be present.
Test this rule in your browser
Drop a file to scan it with this rule using YARA-X compiled to WebAssembly. Nothing is uploaded.
Sample hashes
Hashes of samples the author lists in the rule's meta (look them up in your threat-intelligence platform).
- 9cee5522a7ca2bfca7cd3d9daba23e9a30deb6205f56c12045839075f7627297
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: ecbee92f-236a-5385-9566-502ef1c0aeda
Metadata
| rule_version | v1 |
|---|---|
| malware_type | ransomware |
| malware_family | Ransom:W32/DarkSide |
| actor_type | Cybercrime |
| actor_group | Unknown |
Tags:RANSOMWAREFILE
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