YARA · Trellix Advanced Research Center
TRELLIX_ARC_Shifu
No description has been set in the source file - Trellix ARC
- Author
- McAfee Labs
- Date
- 2026-09-01
- Modified
- 2020-08-14
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 70
What this rule detects
No description has been set in the source file - Trellix ARC
Associated malware family: Shifu.
It defines 5 patterns (2 text, 3 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
shifu.yarApache License 2.0
rule TRELLIX_ARC_Shifu : FINANCIAL
{
meta:
= "No description has been set in the source file - Trellix ARC"
= "McAfee Labs"
= "81e9ad25-1df0-5196-be8b-1d1d5d8e4387"
= "2026-09-01"
= "2020-08-14"
= "https://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/japanese-banking-trojan-shifu-combines-malware-tools/"
= "https://github.com/advanced-threat-research/Yara-Rules//blob/1919562a59f190bda60c982424f6a24c542ee3e0/malware/MALW_Shifu.yar#L1-L24"
= "https://github.com/advanced-threat-research/Yara-Rules//blob/1919562a59f190bda60c982424f6a24c542ee3e0/LICENSE"
= "dfa6165f8d2750330c71dedbde293780d2bb27e8eb3635e47ca770ff7b9a9d63"
= 75
= 70
= "FINANCIAL"
= "financial"
= "Backdoor:W32/Shifu"
= "Cybercrime"
= "Unknown"
strings:
$b = "RegCreateKeyA"
$a = "CryptCreateHash"
$c = {2F 00 63 00 20 00 73 00 74 00 61 00 72 00 74 00 20 00 22 00 22 00 20 00 22 00 25 00 73 00 22 00 20 00 25 00 73 00 00 00 00 00 63 00 6D 00 64 00 2E 00 65 00 78 00 65 00 00 00 72 00 75 00 6E}
$d = {53 00 6E 00 64 00 56 00 6F 00 6C 00 2E 00 65 00 78 00 65}
$e = {52 00 65 00 64 00 69 00 72 00 65 00 63 00 74 00 45 00 58 00 45}
condition:
all of them
}
Strings (5 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $b | text | "RegCreateKeyA" | |
| $a | text | "CryptCreateHash" | |
| $c | hex | {2F 00 63 00 20 00 73 00 74 00 61 00 72 00 74 00 20 00 22 00 22 00 20 00 22 00 25 00 73 00 22 00 20 00 25 00 73 00 00 00 00 00 63 00 6D 00 64 00 2E 00 65 00 78 … | |
| $d | hex | {53 00 6E 00 64 00 56 00 6F 00 6C 00 2E 00 65 00 78 00 65} | |
| $e | hex | {52 00 65 00 64 00 69 00 72 00 65 00 63 00 74 00 45 00 58 00 45} |
Condition
all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- All patterns in the rule must match.
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Licence & attribution
Author: McAfee Labs
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: 81e9ad25-1df0-5196-be8b-1d1d5d8e4387
Metadata
| malware_type | financial |
|---|---|
| malware_family | Backdoor:W32/Shifu |
| actor_type | Cybercrime |
| actor_group | Unknown |
Tags:FINANCIAL
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