Malware family observed in conjunction with PlugX infrastructure in 2013.
rule win_bee_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" version = "1" description = "Detects win.bee." 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.bee" 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 = { 8817 48 47 85c0 77f2 8b4310 8b4c2424 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8817 | mov byte ptr [edi], dl // 48 | dec eax // 47 | inc edi // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 77f2 | ja 0xfffffff4 // 8b4310 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebx + 0x10] // 8b4c2424 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x24] $sequence_1 = { 8bbc2498000000 57 8d4c2458 e8???????? 8b442430 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 8bbc2498000000 | mov edi, dword ptr [esp + 0x98] // 57 | push edi // 8d4c2458 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x58] // e8???????? | // 8b442430 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x30] $sequence_2 = { 8d442428 50 8bc3 e8???????? 836c240c01 0f8547ffffff } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8d442428 | lea eax, [esp + 0x28] // 50 | push eax // 8bc3 | mov eax, ebx // e8???????? | // 836c240c01 | sub dword ptr [esp + 0xc], 1 // 0f8547ffffff | jne 0xffffff4d $sequence_3 = { 83c002 83ea01 75f3 8bc1 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 83c002 | add eax, 2 // 83ea01 | sub edx, 1 // 75f3 | jne 0xfffffff5 // 8bc1 | mov eax, ecx $sequence_4 = { c1eb18 8bc7 c1e008 03c6 c1e008 03c2 c1e008 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c1eb18 | shr ebx, 0x18 // 8bc7 | mov eax, edi // c1e008 | shl eax, 8 // 03c6 | add eax, esi // c1e008 | shl eax, 8 // 03c2 | add eax, edx // c1e008 | shl eax, 8 $sequence_5 = { 83c40c 85c0 0f8ec0000000 8d5e38 8944240c 8b4c2428 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 83c40c | add esp, 0xc // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 0f8ec0000000 | jle 0xc6 // 8d5e38 | lea ebx, [esi + 0x38] // 8944240c | mov dword ptr [esp + 0xc], eax // 8b4c2428 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x28] $sequence_6 = { 8d442410 64a300000000 8b6c2420 33db 895d04 885d0c } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8d442410 | lea eax, [esp + 0x10] // 64a300000000 | mov dword ptr fs:[0], eax // 8b6c2420 | mov ebp, dword ptr [esp + 0x20] // 33db | xor ebx, ebx // 895d04 | mov dword ptr [ebp + 4], ebx // 885d0c | mov byte ptr [ebp + 0xc], bl $sequence_7 = { 8b7528 eb03 8d7528 8b8d8c000000 2b8d88000000 7505 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8b7528 | mov esi, dword ptr [ebp + 0x28] // eb03 | jmp 5 // 8d7528 | lea esi, [ebp + 0x28] // 8b8d8c000000 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x8c] // 2b8d88000000 | sub ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x88] // 7505 | jne 7 $sequence_8 = { 8b4510 8b5310 c644241400 8b4c2414 51 8b4c2418 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8b4510 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10] // 8b5310 | mov edx, dword ptr [ebx + 0x10] // c644241400 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x14], 0 // 8b4c2414 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x14] // 51 | push ecx // 8b4c2418 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x18] $sequence_9 = { 8b9424a4000000 52 e8???????? 83c404 32c0 e9???????? e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b9424a4000000 | mov edx, dword ptr [esp + 0xa4] // 52 | push edx // e8???????? | // 83c404 | add esp, 4 // 32c0 | xor al, al // e9???????? | // e8???????? | condition: 7 of them and filesize < 394240 }
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