Actor(s): Oktropys
Ransomware
rule win_aurora_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.aurora." 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.aurora" 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 = { 8d8dacf0ffff c785c0f0ffff0f000000 c785bcf0ffff00000000 c685acf0ffff00 } // n = 4, score = 300 // 8d8dacf0ffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0xf54] // c785c0f0ffff0f000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0xf40], 0xf // c785bcf0ffff00000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0xf44], 0 // c685acf0ffff00 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0xf54], 0 $sequence_1 = { 8b45d0 0f434dc0 0f435dc0 c7458c0f000000 c7458800000000 8d3441 } // n = 6, score = 300 // 8b45d0 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x30] // 0f434dc0 | cmovae ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x40] // 0f435dc0 | cmovae ebx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x40] // c7458c0f000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x74], 0xf // c7458800000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x78], 0 // 8d3441 | lea esi, [ecx + eax*2] $sequence_2 = { 8b4004 f6840504ffffff06 7414 8d8d70ffffff e8???????? c645fc02 e9???????? } // n = 7, score = 300 // 8b4004 | mov eax, dword ptr [eax + 4] // f6840504ffffff06 | test byte ptr [ebp + eax - 0xfc], 6 // 7414 | je 0x16 // 8d8d70ffffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x90] // e8???????? | // c645fc02 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 4], 2 // e9???????? | $sequence_3 = { 7332 51 57 8bce } // n = 4, score = 300 // 7332 | jae 0x34 // 51 | push ecx // 57 | push edi // 8bce | mov ecx, esi $sequence_4 = { 8bc6 6a0c 68???????? 8bce c60000 e8???????? } // n = 6, score = 300 // 8bc6 | mov eax, esi // 6a0c | push 0xc // 68???????? | // 8bce | mov ecx, esi // c60000 | mov byte ptr [eax], 0 // e8???????? | $sequence_5 = { 83c601 7443 8d8decfbffff 8d5102 668b01 83c102 6685c0 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 83c601 | add esi, 1 // 7443 | je 0x45 // 8d8decfbffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x414] // 8d5102 | lea edx, [ecx + 2] // 668b01 | mov ax, word ptr [ecx] // 83c102 | add ecx, 2 // 6685c0 | test ax, ax $sequence_6 = { 56 8b7508 ba00010000 0f1f00 } // n = 4, score = 300 // 56 | push esi // 8b7508 | mov esi, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // ba00010000 | mov edx, 0x100 // 0f1f00 | nop dword ptr [eax] $sequence_7 = { c785c8f1ffff0f000000 c785c4f1ffff00000000 c685b4f1ffff00 e8???????? 8d8dccf1ffff } // n = 5, score = 300 // c785c8f1ffff0f000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0xe38], 0xf // c785c4f1ffff00000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0xe3c], 0 // c685b4f1ffff00 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0xe4c], 0 // e8???????? | // 8d8dccf1ffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0xe34] $sequence_8 = { e8???????? 68???????? c645fc01 e8???????? 8bd0 c745ec07000000 33c0 } // n = 7, score = 300 // e8???????? | // 68???????? | // c645fc01 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 4], 1 // e8???????? | // 8bd0 | mov edx, eax // c745ec07000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x14], 7 // 33c0 | xor eax, eax $sequence_9 = { 8d4dd4 e8???????? 8b35???????? 8bd8 8b3d???????? c745f003000000 3bf7 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 8d4dd4 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x2c] // e8???????? | // 8b35???????? | // 8bd8 | mov ebx, eax // 8b3d???????? | // c745f003000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x10], 3 // 3bf7 | cmp esi, edi condition: 7 of them and filesize < 827392 }
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