Actor(s): Lazarus Group
SHADYCAT is a dropper and spreader component for the HERMES 2.1 RANSOMWARE radical edition.
rule win_bitsran_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.bitsran." 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.bitsran" malpedia_rule_date = "20260105" malpedia_hash = "19b79e7cab4eaf532122e5b45a77dd8f6bb5cc79" malpedia_version = "20251219" 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 = { 8d85c0f6ffff 50 57 e8???????? 33c0 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 8d85c0f6ffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x940] // 50 | push eax // 57 | push edi // e8???????? | // 33c0 | xor eax, eax $sequence_1 = { 8bec 53 8bd9 833b00 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 8bec | mov ebp, esp // 53 | push ebx // 8bd9 | mov ebx, ecx // 833b00 | cmp dword ptr [ebx], 0 $sequence_2 = { 85f6 741f 85c9 741b 8b13 52 6a01 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 85f6 | test esi, esi // 741f | je 0x21 // 85c9 | test ecx, ecx // 741b | je 0x1d // 8b13 | mov edx, dword ptr [ebx] // 52 | push edx // 6a01 | push 1 $sequence_3 = { eb0c 8a85eefcffff 8a8deffcffff c7830c02000000000000 84c9 740a c7830c02000010000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // eb0c | jmp 0xe // 8a85eefcffff | mov al, byte ptr [ebp - 0x312] // 8a8deffcffff | mov cl, byte ptr [ebp - 0x311] // c7830c02000000000000 | mov dword ptr [ebx + 0x20c], 0 // 84c9 | test cl, cl // 740a | je 0xc // c7830c02000010000000 | mov dword ptr [ebx + 0x20c], 0x10 $sequence_4 = { 33f6 90 8d85f0fcffff 50 57 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 33f6 | xor esi, esi // 90 | nop // 8d85f0fcffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x310] // 50 | push eax // 57 | push edi $sequence_5 = { 837e0813 7324 b801000000 8bff 8b4e08 8b148d90564100 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 837e0813 | cmp dword ptr [esi + 8], 0x13 // 7324 | jae 0x26 // b801000000 | mov eax, 1 // 8bff | mov edi, edi // 8b4e08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esi + 8] // 8b148d90564100 | mov edx, dword ptr [ecx*4 + 0x415690] $sequence_6 = { c70009000000 c747180c5e4100 e9???????? 8b45fc 8b4008 } // n = 5, score = 100 // c70009000000 | mov dword ptr [eax], 9 // c747180c5e4100 | mov dword ptr [edi + 0x18], 0x415e0c // e9???????? | // 8b45fc | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 4] // 8b4008 | mov eax, dword ptr [eax + 8] $sequence_7 = { ffb7b0104200 ff15???????? 8987b0104200 83c704 83ff28 72e6 5f } // n = 7, score = 100 // ffb7b0104200 | push dword ptr [edi + 0x4210b0] // ff15???????? | // 8987b0104200 | mov dword ptr [edi + 0x4210b0], eax // 83c704 | add edi, 4 // 83ff28 | cmp edi, 0x28 // 72e6 | jb 0xffffffe8 // 5f | pop edi $sequence_8 = { ff248d98594000 83ff03 7338 b901000000 837df800 0f848a060000 294df8 } // n = 7, score = 100 // ff248d98594000 | jmp dword ptr [ecx*4 + 0x405998] // 83ff03 | cmp edi, 3 // 7338 | jae 0x3a // b901000000 | mov ecx, 1 // 837df800 | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 8], 0 // 0f848a060000 | je 0x690 // 294df8 | sub dword ptr [ebp - 8], ecx $sequence_9 = { 5d c3 8b4d1c c741180c5e4100 eb59 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 5d | pop ebp // c3 | ret // 8b4d1c | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x1c] // c741180c5e4100 | mov dword ptr [ecx + 0x18], 0x415e0c // eb59 | jmp 0x5b condition: 7 of them and filesize < 344064 }
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