BKA Trojaner is a screenlocker ransomware that was active in 2011, displaying a police-themed message in German language.
rule win_bka_trojaner_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.bka_trojaner." 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.bka_trojaner" 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 = { 8365d800 c745dce7384000 a1???????? 8945e0 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 8365d800 | and dword ptr [ebp - 0x28], 0 // c745dce7384000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x24], 0x4038e7 // a1???????? | // 8945e0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x20], eax $sequence_1 = { 50 56 e8???????? 83c408 8b54241c 55 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // 56 | push esi // e8???????? | // 83c408 | add esp, 8 // 8b54241c | mov edx, dword ptr [esp + 0x1c] // 55 | push ebp $sequence_2 = { 83ec4c 56 8b742454 6808020000 68???????? } // n = 5, score = 100 // 83ec4c | sub esp, 0x4c // 56 | push esi // 8b742454 | mov esi, dword ptr [esp + 0x54] // 6808020000 | push 0x208 // 68???????? | $sequence_3 = { ff15???????? 8b542414 56 52 ff15???????? 8b4570 } // n = 6, score = 100 // ff15???????? | // 8b542414 | mov edx, dword ptr [esp + 0x14] // 56 | push esi // 52 | push edx // ff15???????? | // 8b4570 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x70] $sequence_4 = { 0fb6442404 8a4c240c 8488e1eb4000 751e 837c240800 7410 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 0fb6442404 | movzx eax, byte ptr [esp + 4] // 8a4c240c | mov cl, byte ptr [esp + 0xc] // 8488e1eb4000 | test byte ptr [eax + 0x40ebe1], cl // 751e | jne 0x20 // 837c240800 | cmp dword ptr [esp + 8], 0 // 7410 | je 0x12 $sequence_5 = { 5e c3 56 8b742408 8b06 813863736de0 751c } // n = 7, score = 100 // 5e | pop esi // c3 | ret // 56 | push esi // 8b742408 | mov esi, dword ptr [esp + 8] // 8b06 | mov eax, dword ptr [esi] // 813863736de0 | cmp dword ptr [eax], 0xe06d7363 // 751c | jne 0x1e $sequence_6 = { ff7508 83c008 e8???????? 3b4514 59 752d 837df800 } // n = 7, score = 100 // ff7508 | push dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 83c008 | add eax, 8 // e8???????? | // 3b4514 | cmp eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x14] // 59 | pop ecx // 752d | jne 0x2f // 837df800 | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 8], 0 $sequence_7 = { 50 8db6b4e14000 ff36 e8???????? } // n = 4, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // 8db6b4e14000 | lea esi, [esi + 0x40e1b4] // ff36 | push dword ptr [esi] // e8???????? | $sequence_8 = { 83ff01 751a 8b442414 8b08 8b542408 51 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 83ff01 | cmp edi, 1 // 751a | jne 0x1c // 8b442414 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x14] // 8b08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax] // 8b542408 | mov edx, dword ptr [esp + 8] // 51 | push ecx $sequence_9 = { 7508 8b4508 a3???????? 5b 33c0 5f } // n = 6, score = 100 // 7508 | jne 0xa // 8b4508 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // a3???????? | // 5b | pop ebx // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 5f | pop edi condition: 7 of them and filesize < 221184 }
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