YARA · Trellix Advanced Research Center
TRELLIX_ARC_Megacortex_Signed
Rule to detect MegaCortex samples digitally signed
- Autor
- Marc Rivero | McAfee ATR Team
- Fecha
- 2026-09-01
- Modificada
- 2020-08-14
- Puntuación / Calidad
- 75 / 70
Qué detecta esta regla
Rule to detect MegaCortex samples digitally signed
Familia de malware asociada: MegaCortex.
Objetivos: PE de Windows.
No tiene patrones: decide solo la condición (módulos, propiedades del archivo u otras reglas). Módulos YARA usados: pe.
YARA-X dice: warning[deprecated_field]: field `number_of_signatures` is deprecated
Resumen generado a partir de los metadatos y la condición de la regla.
Código de la regla
Incluye los imports necesarios para compilarla por sí sola.
import "pe"
rule TRELLIX_ARC_Megacortex_Signed : RANSOMWARE FILE
{
meta:
= "Rule to detect MegaCortex samples digitally signed"
= "Marc Rivero | McAfee ATR Team"
= "78a74e30-4de0-5e63-8ca5-31251c296f98"
= "2026-09-01"
= "2020-08-14"
= "https://blog.malwarebytes.com/detections/ransom-megacortex/"
= "https://github.com/advanced-threat-research/Yara-Rules//blob/1919562a59f190bda60c982424f6a24c542ee3e0/ransomware/RANSOM_MegaCortex.yar#L3-L26"
= "https://github.com/advanced-threat-research/Yara-Rules//blob/1919562a59f190bda60c982424f6a24c542ee3e0/LICENSE"
= "8ffced3aca837682fbd7ee68f559f73b8299cbfbe198f48124c4857680735249"
= 75
= 70
= "RANSOMWARE, FILE"
= "ransomware"
= "Ransom:W32/MegaCortex"
= "Cybercrime"
= "Unknown"
condition:
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and for any i in ( 0 .. pe.number_of_signatures ) : ( pe.signatures [ i ] . subject contains "/C=GB/L=ROMFORD/O=3AN LIMITED/CN=3AN LIMITED" and pe.signatures [ i ] . serial == "04:c7:cd:cc:16:98:e2:5b:49:3e:b4:33:8d:5e:2f:8b" or pe.signatures [ i ] . subject contains "/C=GB/postalCode=RM6 4DE/ST=ROMFORD/L=ROMFORD/street=8 Quarles Park Road/O=3AN LIMITED/CN=3AN LIMITED" and pe.signatures [ i ] . serial == "53:cc:4c:69:e5:6a:7d:bc:36:67:d5:ff:d5:24:aa:4b" or pe.signatures [ i ] . subject contains "/C=GB/postalCode=RM6 4DE/ST=ROMFORD/L=ROMFORD/street=8 Quarles Park Road/O=3AN LIMITED/CN=3AN LIMITED" or pe.signatures [ i ] . serial == "00:ad:72:9a:65:f1:78:47:ac:b8:f8:49:6a:76:80:ff:1e" )
}
Condición
uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and for any i in ( 0 .. pe.number_of_signatures ) : ( pe.signatures [ i ] . subject contains "/C=GB/L=ROMFORD/O=3AN LIMITED/CN=3AN LIMITED" and pe.signatures [ i ] . serial == "04:c7:cd:cc:16:98:e2:5b:49:3e:b4:33:8d:5e:2f:8b" or pe.signatures [ i ] . subject contains "/C=GB/postalCode=RM6 4DE/ST=ROMFORD/L=ROMFORD/street=8 Quarles Park Road/O=3AN LIMITED/CN=3AN LIMITED" and pe.signatures [ i ] . serial == "53:cc:4c:69:e5:6a:7d:bc:36:67:d5:ff:d5:24:aa:4b" or pe.signatures [ i ] . subject contains "/C=GB/postalCode=RM6 4DE/ST=ROMFORD/L=ROMFORD/street=8 Quarles Park Road/O=3AN LIMITED/CN=3AN LIMITED" or pe.signatures [ i ] . serial == "00:ad:72:9a:65:f1:78:47:ac:b8:f8:49:6a:76:80:ff:1e" )En palabras sencillas (Heurística)
- El archivo debe empezar por «MZ»: un ejecutable de Windows (PE).
- Un bucle for comprueba una propiedad sobre varias coincidencias o elementos.
- Usa el módulo pe.
- Comprueba la firma Authenticode.
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Licencia y atribución
Autor: Marc Rivero | McAfee ATR Team
Repositorio de origen: Trellix Advanced Research Center @ 1919562a59
Licencia: Apache License 2.0 (licencia del repositorio)
Obtenida a través de YARA Forge 20260927, que añade a los nombres el prefijo de la fuente y campos meta normalizados.
Id de la regla: 78a74e30-4de0-5e63-8ca5-31251c296f98
Metadatos
| malware_type | ransomware |
|---|---|
| malware_family | Ransom:W32/MegaCortex |
| actor_type | Cybercrime |
| actor_group | Unknown |
Etiquetas:RANSOMWAREFILE
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