YARA · Trellix Advanced Research Center
TRELLIX_ARC_Sodinokobi
This rule detect Sodinokobi Ransomware in memory in old samples and perhaps future.
- Author
- McAfee ATR team
- Date
- 2026-09-01
- Modified
- 2025-03-18
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 70
What this rule detects
This rule detect Sodinokobi Ransomware in memory in old samples and perhaps future.
Associated malware family: Sodinokibi.
It defines 2 patterns (0 text, 2 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
sodinokobi.yarApache License 2.0
rule TRELLIX_ARC_Sodinokobi : RANSOMWARE
{
meta:
= "This rule detect Sodinokobi Ransomware in memory in old samples and perhaps future."
= "McAfee ATR team"
= "dd05ce31-9699-50a9-944c-5883340791af"
= "2026-09-01"
= "2025-03-18"
= "https://github.com/advanced-threat-research/Yara-Rules/"
= "https://github.com/advanced-threat-research/Yara-Rules//blob/1919562a59f190bda60c982424f6a24c542ee3e0/ransomware/RANSOM_Sodinokibi.yar#L32-L53"
= "https://github.com/advanced-threat-research/Yara-Rules//blob/1919562a59f190bda60c982424f6a24c542ee3e0/LICENSE"
= "f25039ac743223756461bbeeb349c674473608f9959bf3c79ce4a7587fde3ab2"
= 75
= 70
= "RANSOMWARE"
= "ransomware"
= "Ransom:W32/Sodinokibi"
= "Cybercrime"
= "Unknown"
= "1.0"
strings:
$a = { 40 0F B6 C8 89 4D FC 8A 94 0D FC FE FF FF 0F B6 C2 03 C6 0F B6 F0 8A 84 35 FC FE FF FF 88 84 0D FC FE FF FF 88 94 35 FC FE FF FF 0F B6 8C 0D FC FE FF FF }
$b = { 0F B6 C2 03 C8 8B 45 14 0F B6 C9 8A 8C 0D FC FE FF FF 32 0C 07 88 08 40 89 45 14 8B 45 FC 83 EB 01 75 AA }
condition:
all of them
}
Strings (2 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $a | hex | { 40 0F B6 C8 89 4D FC 8A 94 0D FC FE FF FF 0F B6 C2 03 C6 0F B6 F0 8A 84 35 FC FE FF FF 88 84 0D FC FE FF FF 88 94 35 FC FE FF FF 0F B6 8C 0D FC FE FF FF } | |
| $b | hex | { 0F B6 C2 03 C8 8B 45 14 0F B6 C9 8A 8C 0D FC FE FF FF 32 0C 07 88 08 40 89 45 14 8B 45 FC 83 EB 01 75 AA } |
Condition
all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- All patterns in the rule must match.
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Licence & attribution
Author: 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: dd05ce31-9699-50a9-944c-5883340791af
Metadata
| malware_type | ransomware |
|---|---|
| malware_family | Ransom:W32/Sodinokibi |
| actor_type | Cybercrime |
| actor_group | Unknown |
| version | 1.0 |
Tags:RANSOMWARE
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