YARA · Volexity threat-intel
VOLEXITY_Apt_Malware_Win_Bluelight
The BLUELIGHT malware family. Leverages Microsoft OneDrive for network communications.
- Author
- threatintel@volexity.com
- Date
- 2021-04-23
- Modified
- 2025-02-18
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 80
What this rule detects
The BLUELIGHT malware family. Leverages Microsoft OneDrive for network communications.
Associated malware family: Bluelight.
It defines 16 patterns (16 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule VOLEXITY_Apt_Malware_Win_Bluelight : INKYPINE FILE MEMORY
{
meta:
= "The BLUELIGHT malware family. Leverages Microsoft OneDrive for network communications."
= "threatintel@volexity.com"
= "5bfdc74b-592e-5f3d-9fb8-bbbbd0f6f0f6"
= "2021-04-23"
= "2025-02-18"
= "https://www.volexity.com/blog/2021/08/24/north-korean-bluelight-special-inkysquid-deploys-rokrat/"
= "https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/3a9d0b52459877ee866a9a0ba06e60059b778c77/2021/2021-08-17 - InkySquid Part 1/indicators/yara.yar#L78-L120"
= "https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/3a9d0b52459877ee866a9a0ba06e60059b778c77/LICENSE.txt"
= "7c40019c1d4cef2ffdd1dd8f388aaba537440b1bffee41789c900122d075a86d"
= "94b71ee0861cc7cfbbae53ad2e411a76f296fd5684edf6b25ebe79bf6a2a600a"
= "485246b411ef5ea9e903397a5490d106946a8323aaf79e6041bdf94763a0c028"
= "45490dfc793bb95f153c0194989b25e0b2641fa9b9f6763d5733eab6483ffead"
= 75
= 80
= "INKYPINE, FILE, MEMORY"
= "win"
= "all"
= "file,memory"
= "critical"
= "See license at https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/main/LICENSE.txt"
= 5284
= 12
strings:
$pdb1 = "\\Development\\BACKDOOR\\ncov\\"
$pdb2 = "Release\\bluelight.pdb" nocase ascii
$pdb3 = "D:\\Development\\GOLD-BACKDOOR\\Release\\FirstBackdoor.pdb"
$pdb4 = "GOLD-BACKDOOR\\Release\\"
$msg0 = "https://ipinfo.io" fullword
$msg1 = "country" fullword
$msg5 = "\"UserName\":\"" fullword
$msg7 = "\"ComName\":\"" fullword
$msg8 = "\"OS\":\"" fullword
$msg9 = "\"OnlineIP\":\"" fullword
$msg10 = "\"LocalIP\":\"" fullword
$msg11 = "\"Time\":\"" fullword
$msg12 = "\"Compiled\":\"" fullword
$msg13 = "\"Process Level\":\"" fullword
$msg14 = "\"AntiVirus\":\"" fullword
$msg15 = "\"VM\":\"" fullword
condition:
any of ( $pdb* ) or all of ( $msg* )
}
Strings (16 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $pdb1 | text | "\\Development\\BACKDOOR\\ncov\\" | |
| $pdb2 | text | "Release\\bluelight.pdb" | nocase ascii |
| $pdb3 | text | "D:\\Development\\GOLD-BACKDOOR\\Release\\FirstBackdoor.pdb" | |
| $pdb4 | text | "GOLD-BACKDOOR\\Release\\" | |
| $msg0 | text | "https://ipinfo.io" | fullword |
| $msg1 | text | "country" | fullword |
| $msg5 | text | "\"UserName\":\"" | fullword |
| $msg7 | text | "\"ComName\":\"" | fullword |
| $msg8 | text | "\"OS\":\"" | fullword |
| $msg9 | text | "\"OnlineIP\":\"" | fullword |
| $msg10 | text | "\"LocalIP\":\"" | fullword |
| $msg11 | text | "\"Time\":\"" | fullword |
| $msg12 | text | "\"Compiled\":\"" | fullword |
| $msg13 | text | "\"Process Level\":\"" | fullword |
| $msg14 | text | "\"AntiVirus\":\"" | fullword |
| $msg15 | text | "\"VM\":\"" | fullword |
Condition
any of ( $pdb* ) or all of ( $msg* )In plain words (Heuristic)
- All patterns in ( $msg* ) must match.
- At least one pattern in ( $pdb* ) 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).
- 7c40019c1d4cef2ffdd1dd8f388aaba537440b1bffee41789c900122d075a86d
- 94b71ee0861cc7cfbbae53ad2e411a76f296fd5684edf6b25ebe79bf6a2a600a
- 485246b411ef5ea9e903397a5490d106946a8323aaf79e6041bdf94763a0c028
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: 5bfdc74b-592e-5f3d-9fb8-bbbbd0f6f0f6
Metadata
| os | win |
|---|---|
| os_arch | all |
| scan_context | file,memory |
| severity | critical |
| rule_id | 5284 |
| version | 12 |
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