YARA · Trellix Advanced Research Center
TRELLIX_ARC_RANSOM_Darkside_DLL_May2021
Rule to detect Darkside Ransomware as a DLL
- Author
- TS @ McAfee ATR
- Date
- 2021-05-14
- Modified
- 2023-07-27
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 70
What this rule detects
Rule to detect Darkside Ransomware as a DLL
Associated malware family: DarkSide.
It defines 8 patterns (3 text, 5 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule TRELLIX_ARC_RANSOM_Darkside_DLL_May2021 : RANSOM FILE
{
meta:
= "Rule to detect Darkside Ransomware as a DLL"
= "TS @ McAfee ATR"
= "e9d64637-dc8f-5650-81e1-34e27e6ee912"
= "2021-05-14"
= "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#L26-L47"
= "https://github.com/advanced-threat-research/Yara-Rules//blob/1919562a59f190bda60c982424f6a24c542ee3e0/LICENSE"
= "f587adbd83ff3f4d2985453cd45c7ab1"
= "39930b6f352642647ea6b80f941201b93d6a9defd42cb75f9e4f7239ff17a4ec"
= 75
= 70
= "RANSOM, FILE"
= "Public"
= "v1"
= "Ransom"
strings:
$s1 = "encryptor2.dll" wide ascii
$s2 = "DisableThreadLibraryCalls" wide ascii
$s3 = "KERNEL32.dll" wide ascii
$pattern1 = {D24DC8855EDD487B3CD2D545F11031E1FA85C2F2440712445F67D105B326533A77BA75B3383A98CE97EAA2B95798DCFA6B75B5573662F9ED5DC9B7D2E582FD94104E210F3EA62A1826B26B952FFBD5A70A97E6EC3D14794577A2980A0ED1EE02CA291623DD3721A7E68223EDA56F9E1325FE36E191D5C41F7227D55EDC3D5B9359C819}
$pattern2 = {87FC982E066F585B73D417C0D5F75B86B9F9F8286B4CC42BB2053912D595A68C07C0EDD0159AC785880C5483E246D3501F6523D05078B9B7510711423948D4CB367C83C0833BD04AD6DC655E1BEEA38770470BB48B6EBA70944E952526E4D87A03BAA485D7B4DA1318A00EF07FA76C0D}
$pattern3 = {1B6F099F1C3C62BBF5543FA03B919C7BF5E477D256CE79D98C55ACE8D69CDC9373B2F0A2B51414776D5226B74BF9A7CB935C9DD04BCFC19FC81418F7A39244A730697E1BC05418BF41DE50E4C8609533591CE80617D476E686B36CF2AE914CB3AFD720A33C0D5DE438F1CD0B}
$pattern4 = {5060E373F1D3B3BB8D15C851BBFC73F60390681C488F7C0B80FC2EDBC1ED88CEA82014B9223A70EA0BB7DD0D2560A29D39381FEE7B73AE22683AE05C369918F8C5772678A9F29CEF65854238D1C2B762CC12706637154F57A9}
$pattern5 = {EE452560DBD5A4F46FB562C9C707C8D014BB8F1C18E4467E249F5AC69A87954F5B69650B7A759CE2DD075E99CBCBA37A9C5A0650EDF06285F8F990AF6B94FBA08E3C0B2EBDE3C155ECDB06C30F95D76695}
condition:
filesize >= 45KB and filesize <= 70KB and all of ( $s* ) and 4 of ( $pattern* )
}
Strings (8 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s1 | text | "encryptor2.dll" | wide ascii |
| $s2 | text | "DisableThreadLibraryCalls" | wide ascii |
| $s3 | text | "KERNEL32.dll" | wide ascii |
| $pattern1 | hex | {D24DC8855EDD487B3CD2D545F11031E1FA85C2F2440712445F67D105B326533A77BA75B3383A98CE97EAA2B95798DCFA6B75B5573662F9ED5DC9B7D2E582FD94104E210F3EA62A1826B26B952FFBD5A … | |
| $pattern2 | hex | {87FC982E066F585B73D417C0D5F75B86B9F9F8286B4CC42BB2053912D595A68C07C0EDD0159AC785880C5483E246D3501F6523D05078B9B7510711423948D4CB367C83C0833BD04AD6DC655E1BEEA38 … | |
| $pattern3 | hex | {1B6F099F1C3C62BBF5543FA03B919C7BF5E477D256CE79D98C55ACE8D69CDC9373B2F0A2B51414776D5226B74BF9A7CB935C9DD04BCFC19FC81418F7A39244A730697E1BC05418BF41DE50E4C860953 … | |
| $pattern4 | hex | {5060E373F1D3B3BB8D15C851BBFC73F60390681C488F7C0B80FC2EDBC1ED88CEA82014B9223A70EA0BB7DD0D2560A29D39381FEE7B73AE22683AE05C369918F8C5772678A9F29CEF65854238D1C2B76 … | |
| $pattern5 | hex | {EE452560DBD5A4F46FB562C9C707C8D014BB8F1C18E4467E249F5AC69A87954F5B69650B7A759CE2DD075E99CBCBA37A9C5A0650EDF06285F8F990AF6B94FBA08E3C0B2EBDE3C155ECDB06C30F95D76 … |
Condition
filesize >= 45KB and filesize <= 70KB and all of ( $s* ) and 4 of ( $pattern* )In plain words (Heuristic)
- The file must be smaller than 70KB (a cheap guard that skips large files).
- The file must be larger than 45KB.
- All patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
- At least 4 patterns in ( $pattern* ) 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).
- f587adbd83ff3f4d2985453cd45c7ab1
Licence & attribution
Author: TS @ McAfee ATR
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: e9d64637-dc8f-5650-81e1-34e27e6ee912
Metadata
| rule_type | Public |
|---|---|
| rule_version | v1 |
| malware_type | Ransom |
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