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win.atomsilo (Back to overview)

ATOMSILO

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According to PCrisk, AtomSilo is a type of malware that blocks access to files by encrypting them and renames every encrypted file by appending the ".ATOMSILO" to its filename. It renames "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.ATOMSILO", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.ATOMSILO", and so on. As its ransom note, AtomSilo creates the "README-FILE-#COMPUTER-NAME#-#CREATION-TIME#.hta" file.

References
2022-06-23 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ Counter Threat Unit ResearchTeam
BRONZE STARLIGHT Ransomware Operations Use HUI Loader
ATOMSILO Cobalt Strike HUI Loader LockFile NightSky Pandora PlugX Quasar RAT Rook SodaMaster BRONZE STARLIGHT
2022-05-09 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC)
Ransomware-as-a-service: Understanding the cybercrime gig economy and how to protect yourself
AnchorDNS BlackCat BlackMatter Conti DarkSide HelloKitty Hive LockBit REvil FAKEUPDATES Griffon ATOMSILO BazarBackdoor BlackCat BlackMatter Blister Cobalt Strike Conti DarkSide Emotet FiveHands Gozi HelloKitty Hive IcedID ISFB JSSLoader LockBit LockFile Maze NightSky Pandora Phobos Phoenix Locker PhotoLoader QakBot REvil Rook Ryuk SystemBC TrickBot WastedLocker BRONZE STARLIGHT
2022-03-17 ⋅ Sophos ⋅ Tilly Travers
The Ransomware Threat Intelligence Center
ATOMSILO Avaddon AvosLocker BlackKingdom Ransomware BlackMatter Conti Cring DarkSide dearcry Dharma Egregor Entropy Epsilon Red Gandcrab Karma LockBit LockFile Mailto Maze Nefilim RagnarLocker Ragnarok REvil RobinHood Ryuk SamSam Snatch WannaCryptor WastedLocker
2021-10-27 ⋅ Avast Decoded ⋅ Avast
Avast releases decryptor for AtomSilo and LockFile ransomware
ATOMSILO LockFile
2021-10-15 ⋅ Zscaler ⋅ Rajdeepsinh Dodia
AtomSilo Ransomware Enters the League of Double Extortion
ATOMSILO
2021-10-13 ⋅ Chuongdong blog ⋅ Chuong Dong
AtomSilo Ransomware
ATOMSILO
2021-10-13 ⋅ Chuongdong blog ⋅ Chuong Dong
AtomSilo Ransomware
ATOMSILO
2021-10-04 ⋅ Sophos ⋅ Chaitanya Ghorpade, Kajal Katiyar, KrisztiĆ”n Diriczi, Rahil Shah, Sean Gallagher, Vikas Singh
Atom Silo ransomware actors use Confluence exploit, DLL side-load for stealthy attack
ATOMSILO Cobalt Strike
2021-09-14 ⋅ Twitter (@siri_urz) ⋅ S!Ri
Tweet on ATOMSILO ransomware
ATOMSILO
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_atomsilo_auto (20260917 | Detects win.atomsilo.)
rule win_atomsilo_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-09-17"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.atomsilo."
        info = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
        tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0"
        signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.atomsilo"
        malpedia_rule_date = "20260916"
        malpedia_hash = "53a643781c18e08f4a50949af60172d837a0b6f6"
        malpedia_version = "20260917"
        malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"

    /* DISCLAIMER
     * The strings used in this rule have been automatically selected from the
     * disassembly of memory dumps and unpacked files, using YARA-Signator.
     * The code and documentation is published here:
     * https://github.com/fxb-cocacoding/yara-signator
     * As Malpedia is used as data source, please note that for a given
     * number of families, only single samples are documented.
     * This likely impacts the degree of generalization these rules will offer.
     * Take the described generation method also into consideration when you
     * apply the rules in your use cases and assign them confidence levels.
     */


    strings:
        $sequence_0 = { 486bd204 4c8b442460 8a0408 41880410 0fb6442438 488d0dac7a0900 488d04c1 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   486bd204             | lea                 eax, [edi - 1]
            //   4c8b442460           | dec                 esp
            //   8a0408               | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x68], edi
            //   41880410             | dec                 esp
            //   0fb6442438           | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x70], edi
            //   488d0dac7a0900       | dec                 esp
            //   488d04c1             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x78], edi

        $sequence_1 = { 6666660f1f840000000000 48ffc9 4883e808 498b1400 483b10 7714 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   6666660f1f840000000000     | dec    eax
            //   48ffc9               | mov                 edi, dword ptr [ebx]
            //   4883e808             | dec                 ebp
            //   498b1400             | mov                 eax, edi
            //   483b10               | dec                 ecx
            //   7714                 | shr                 eax, 0x3f

        $sequence_2 = { 90 488d05752a0700 488906 488b55f7 4883fa10 7232 48ffc2 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   90                   | lea                 ecx, [esp + 0x28]
            //   488d05752a0700       | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x50], esi
            //   488906               | dec                 eax
            //   488b55f7             | lea                 edx, [esp + 0x28]
            //   4883fa10             | dec                 eax
            //   7232                 | mov                 ecx, ebx
            //   48ffc2               | nop                 

        $sequence_3 = { 90 4c8d45b0 488d5580 488d4c2420 e8???????? 90 4d8bc4 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   90                   | arpl                cx, cx
            //   4c8d45b0             | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [edx + ecx*4]
            //   488d5580             | shr                 ecx, 8
            //   488d4c2420           | movzx               ecx, cl
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   90                   | dec                 eax
            //   4d8bc4               | lea                 edx, [0x5baa7]

        $sequence_4 = { 412bc8 83f901 77e0 8bc8 41b807000000 413bc0 440f47c1 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   412bc8               | dec                 ecx
            //   83f901               | mov                 dword ptr [esi + 0x38], ebp
            //   77e0                 | jmp                 0x456
            //   8bc8                 | dec                 eax
            //   41b807000000         | lea                 eax, [0x3e168]
            //   413bc0               | inc                 eax
            //   440f47c1             | test                bh, bh

        $sequence_5 = { 488bd1 488bcf e8???????? 488d059ee70700 488907 8b4320 488b5c2430 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   488bd1               | dec                 eax
            //   488bcf               | stosd               dword ptr es:[edi], eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   488d059ee70700       | dec                 eax
            //   488907               | lea                 ecx, [ebx + 0x78]
            //   8b4320               | dec                 eax
            //   488b5c2430           | mov                 edi, dword ptr [edi - 8]

        $sequence_6 = { e8???????? 4a8d0c6d00000000 4903cd 48c1e104 48034daf 488b5d77 488bd3 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4a8d0c6d00000000     | dec                 eax
            //   4903cd               | lea                 ecx, [esp + 0x50]
            //   48c1e104             | ret                 
            //   48034daf             | dec                 eax
            //   488b5d77             | lea                 edx, [0x63f60]
            //   488bd3               | dec                 eax

        $sequence_7 = { ff15???????? eb0b 498bce ff15???????? 33c0 4c8bac2410140000 4c8ba42408140000 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   eb0b                 | test                esi, esi
            //   498bce               | je                  0x7a7
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   33c0                 | nop                 dword ptr [eax]
            //   4c8bac2410140000     | dec                 ecx
            //   4c8ba42408140000     | mov                 eax, dword ptr [edi]

        $sequence_8 = { 0f8eb6030000 83f943 7535 448d41be 488d15a17b0200 488d4de0 e8???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   0f8eb6030000         | movdqu              xmmword ptr [ebp + 0x17], xmm0
            //   83f943               | movups              xmm0, xmmword ptr [eax]
            //   7535                 | movups              xmmword ptr [ebp + 7], xmm0
            //   448d41be             | movups              xmm1, xmmword ptr [eax + 0x10]
            //   488d15a17b0200       | movups              xmmword ptr [ebp + 0x17], xmm1
            //   488d4de0             | xor                 esi, esi
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_9 = { 410f47d7 e9???????? 8bc8 85c0 0f84b4feffff 488d04cf 4c2bc7 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   410f47d7             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x28], esi
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   8bc8                 | dec                 ebp
            //   85c0                 | mov                 esi, ecx
            //   0f84b4feffff         | inc                 eax
            //   488d04cf             | push                edi
            //   4c2bc7               | dec                 eax

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 1785856
}
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