Actor(s): Oktropys
Ransomware
rule win_aurora_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" 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 = "20260422" malpedia_hash = "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14" malpedia_version = "20260504" 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 = { 50 e8???????? 8bb5c8feffff 56 ffd3 46 03f0 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 8bb5c8feffff | mov esi, dword ptr [ebp - 0x138] // 56 | push esi // ffd3 | call ebx // 46 | inc esi // 03f0 | add esi, eax $sequence_1 = { 8d8db4f1ffff c785c8f1ffff0f000000 c785c4f1ffff00000000 c685b4f1ffff00 e8???????? } // n = 5, score = 300 // 8d8db4f1ffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0xe4c] // c785c8f1ffff0f000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0xe38], 0xf // c785c4f1ffff00000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0xe3c], 0 // c685b4f1ffff00 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0xe4c], 0 // e8???????? | $sequence_2 = { 0f57c0 83c608 660fd645e8 83ef01 0f856cffffff } // n = 5, score = 300 // 0f57c0 | xorps xmm0, xmm0 // 83c608 | add esi, 8 // 660fd645e8 | movq qword ptr [ebp - 0x18], xmm0 // 83ef01 | sub edi, 1 // 0f856cffffff | jne 0xffffff72 $sequence_3 = { e8???????? 6a03 68???????? 8d8d7cf0ffff c78590f0ffff0f000000 c7858cf0ffff00000000 c6857cf0ffff00 } // n = 7, score = 300 // e8???????? | // 6a03 | push 3 // 68???????? | // 8d8d7cf0ffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0xf84] // c78590f0ffff0f000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0xf70], 0xf // c7858cf0ffff00000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0xf74], 0 // c6857cf0ffff00 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0xf84], 0 $sequence_4 = { e8???????? ff75e8 837dec10 8d45d8 6a00 0f4345d8 8d4da8 } // n = 7, score = 300 // e8???????? | // ff75e8 | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x18] // 837dec10 | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 0x14], 0x10 // 8d45d8 | lea eax, [ebp - 0x28] // 6a00 | push 0 // 0f4345d8 | cmovae eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x28] // 8d4da8 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x58] $sequence_5 = { 6a02 68???????? 8d8de4eeffff c785f8eeffff0f000000 } // n = 4, score = 300 // 6a02 | push 2 // 68???????? | // 8d8de4eeffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x111c] // c785f8eeffff0f000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x1108], 0xf $sequence_6 = { 52 8d4dd8 e8???????? c645fc01 8d4dc0 } // n = 5, score = 300 // 52 | push edx // 8d4dd8 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x28] // e8???????? | // c645fc01 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 4], 1 // 8d4dc0 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x40] $sequence_7 = { 3c2f 0f85aa000000 837f1410 7204 8b07 eb02 } // n = 6, score = 300 // 3c2f | cmp al, 0x2f // 0f85aa000000 | jne 0xb0 // 837f1410 | cmp dword ptr [edi + 0x14], 0x10 // 7204 | jb 6 // 8b07 | mov eax, dword ptr [edi] // eb02 | jmp 4 $sequence_8 = { 837e1410 8955c4 895610 7202 } // n = 4, score = 300 // 837e1410 | cmp dword ptr [esi + 0x14], 0x10 // 8955c4 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x3c], edx // 895610 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x10], edx // 7202 | jb 4 $sequence_9 = { 47 8d85d8feffff 50 8d8df8feffff } // n = 4, score = 300 // 47 | inc edi // 8d85d8feffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x128] // 50 | push eax // 8d8df8feffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x108] condition: 7 of them and filesize < 827392 }
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