YARA · Volexity threat-intel
VOLEXITY_Apt_Delivery_Macro_Lazypine_Jeus_B
Detects macros used by the LazyPine threat actor to distribute AppleJeus.
- Author
- threatintel@volexity.com
- Date
- 2022-11-03
- Modified
- 2025-05-21
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 80
What this rule detects
Detects macros used by the LazyPine threat actor to distribute AppleJeus.
Associated malware family: Applejeus.
It defines 5 patterns (5 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule VOLEXITY_Apt_Delivery_Macro_Lazypine_Jeus_B : LAZYPINE FILE
{
meta:
= "Detects macros used by the LazyPine threat actor to distribute AppleJeus."
= "threatintel@volexity.com"
= "ac4d4e82-e29f-5134-999d-b8dcef59d285"
= "2022-11-03"
= "2025-05-21"
= "https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel"
= "https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/3a9d0b52459877ee866a9a0ba06e60059b778c77/2022/2022-12-01 Buyer Beware - Fake Cryptocurrency Applications Serving as Front for AppleJeus Malware/yara.yar#L114-L139"
= "https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/3a9d0b52459877ee866a9a0ba06e60059b778c77/LICENSE.txt"
= "17e6189c19dedea678969e042c64de2a51dd9fba69ff521571d63fd92e48601b"
= "e55199e6ad26894f98e930cd4716127ee868872d08ada1c44675e4db1ec27894"
= 75
= 80
= "LAZYPINE, FILE"
= "win"
= "all"
= "file"
= "critical"
= "See license at https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/main/LICENSE.txt"
= 8493
= 3
strings:
$a1 = ", vbDirectory) = \"\" Then" ascii
$a2 = ".Caption & " ascii
$a3 = ".nodeTypedValue" ascii
$a4 = ".Application.Visible = False" ascii
$a5 = " MkDir (" ascii
condition:
all of ( $a* )
}
Strings (5 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $a1 | text | ", vbDirectory) = \"\" Then" | ascii |
| $a2 | text | ".Caption & " | ascii |
| $a3 | text | ".nodeTypedValue" | ascii |
| $a4 | text | ".Application.Visible = False" | ascii |
| $a5 | text | " MkDir (" | ascii |
Condition
all of ( $a* )In plain words (Heuristic)
- All patterns in ( $a* ) 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).
- 17e6189c19dedea678969e042c64de2a51dd9fba69ff521571d63fd92e48601b
Licence & attribution
Author: threatintel@volexity.com
Source repository: Volexity threat-intel @ 3a9d0b5245
Licence: BSD 2-Clause License (stated in the rule's own meta)
“See license at https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/main/LICENSE.txt”
Copyright notice: Copyright 2022 by Volexity, Inc.
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: ac4d4e82-e29f-5134-999d-b8dcef59d285
Metadata
| os | win |
|---|---|
| os_arch | all |
| scan_context | file |
| severity | critical |
| rule_id | 8493 |
| version | 3 |
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