YARA · Trellix Advanced Research Center
TRELLIX_ARC_Ransom_Xinof_Chunk_PRIVATE
Detect chunk of Xinof ransomware
- Author
- Thomas Roccia | McAfee ATR Team
- Date
- 2020-11-20
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 70
What this rule detects
Detect chunk of Xinof ransomware
Associated malware family: Ransom/XINOF.
It defines 1 patterns (0 text, 1 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
private rule TRELLIX_ARC_Ransom_Xinof_Chunk_PRIVATE : RANSOMWARE
{
meta:
= "Detect chunk of Xinof ransomware"
= "Thomas Roccia | McAfee ATR Team"
= "243c39fd-b5f6-5f64-8058-43da182480c0"
= "2020-11-20"
= "2020-11-20"
= "2020-11-20"
= "https://labs.sentinelone.com/the-fonix-raas-new-low-key-threat-with-unnecessary-complexities/"
= "https://github.com/advanced-threat-research/Yara-Rules//blob/1919562a59f190bda60c982424f6a24c542ee3e0/ransomware/RANSOM_xinof.yar#L1-L51"
= "https://github.com/advanced-threat-research/Yara-Rules//blob/1919562a59f190bda60c982424f6a24c542ee3e0/LICENSE"
= "0c1e6299a2392239dbe7fead33ef4146"
= "f0266962357a7cb26995cdbfcc99749b73fc4ed09c813fa8e2ed0f5143cde554"
= 75
= 70
= "RANSOMWARE"
= "v1"
= "ransomware"
= "Ransom/XINOF"
= "Cybercrime"
= "FONIX"
strings:
$chunk1 = {
C6 45 ?? ??
68 ?? ?? ?? ??
50
E8 ?? ?? ?? ??
53
50
8D 85 ?? ?? ?? ??
C6 45 ?? ??
50
E8 ?? ?? ?? ??
56
50
8D 85 ?? ?? ?? ??
C6 45 ?? ??
50
E8 ?? ?? ?? ??
83 C4 ??
C6 45 ?? ??
8B CC
57
50
51
E8 ?? ?? ?? ??
83 C4 ??
8D 8D ?? ?? ?? ??
E8 ?? ?? ?? ??
83 C4 ??
8D 8D ?? ?? ?? ??
E8 ?? ?? ?? ??
}
condition:
any of them
}
Strings (1 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $chunk1 | hex | { C6 45 ?? ?? 68 ?? ?? ?? ?? 50 E8 ?? ?? ?? ?? 53 50 8D 85 ?? ?? ?? ?? C6 45 ?? ?? 50 E8 ?? ?? ? … |
Condition
any of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- At least one pattern in the rule must match.
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References
Sample hashes
Hashes of samples the author lists in the rule's meta (look them up in your threat-intelligence platform).
- 0c1e6299a2392239dbe7fead33ef4146
Licence & attribution
Author: Thomas Roccia | 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: 243c39fd-b5f6-5f64-8058-43da182480c0
Metadata
| rule_version | v1 |
|---|---|
| malware_type | ransomware |
| malware_family | Ransom/XINOF |
| actor_type | Cybercrime |
| actor_group | FONIX |
Tags:RANSOMWARE
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