YARA · Volexity threat-intel
VOLEXITY_Apt_Malware_Ps1_Powerstar_Generic
Detects POWERSTAR modules based on common HTTP functions used across modules.
- Author
- threatintel@volexity.com
- Date
- 2023-06-02
- Modified
- 2024-01-26
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 80
What this rule detects
Detects POWERSTAR modules based on common HTTP functions used across modules.
It defines 6 patterns (6 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule VOLEXITY_Apt_Malware_Ps1_Powerstar_Generic : CHARMINGCYPRESS FILE MEMORY
{
meta:
= "Detects POWERSTAR modules based on common HTTP functions used across modules."
= "threatintel@volexity.com"
= "71a3e99d-e1c8-5ac1-abbc-2ba5cba80799"
= "2023-06-02"
= "2024-01-26"
= "TIB-20240126"
= "https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/3a9d0b52459877ee866a9a0ba06e60059b778c77/2024/2024-02-13 CharmingCypress/rules.yar#L324-L352"
= "https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/3a9d0b52459877ee866a9a0ba06e60059b778c77/LICENSE.txt"
= "4da02190ffd16304eccbc0d12dfcc5637a6b785af0e3dc3dfcafcfe114597eb2"
= 75
= 80
= "CHARMINGCYPRESS, FILE, MEMORY"
= "win"
= "all"
= "file,memory"
= "critical"
= "See license at https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/main/LICENSE.txt"
= 9356
= 3
strings:
$http1 = "Send_Upload" ascii wide
$http2 = "Send_Post_Data" ascii wide
$json1 = "{\"OS\":\"" ascii wide
$json2 = "{\"ComputerName\":\"' + $env:COMPUTERNAME + '\"}" ascii wide
$json3 = "{\"Token\"" ascii wide
$json4 = "{\"num\":\"" ascii wide
condition:
all of ( $http* ) or all of ( $json* )
}
Strings (6 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $http1 | text | "Send_Upload" | ascii wide |
| $http2 | text | "Send_Post_Data" | ascii wide |
| $json1 | text | "{\"OS\":\"" | ascii wide |
| $json2 | text | "{\"ComputerName\":\"' + $env:COMPUTERNAME + '\"}" | ascii wide |
| $json3 | text | "{\"Token\"" | ascii wide |
| $json4 | text | "{\"num\":\"" | ascii wide |
Condition
all of ( $http* ) or all of ( $json* )In plain words (Heuristic)
- All patterns in ( $http* ) must match.
- All patterns in ( $json* ) must match.
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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: 71a3e99d-e1c8-5ac1-abbc-2ba5cba80799
Metadata
| os | win |
|---|---|
| os_arch | all |
| scan_context | file,memory |
| severity | critical |
| rule_id | 9356 |
| version | 3 |
Tags:CHARMINGCYPRESSFILEMEMORY
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