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 = "2026-05-04" 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 = "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 = { e8???????? 8bf0 ff15???????? 85f6 89442408 744c 53 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // ff15???????? | // 85f6 | test esi, esi // 89442408 | mov dword ptr [esp + 8], eax // 744c | je 0x4e // 53 | push ebx $sequence_1 = { 51 ffd5 6a0a ff15???????? 6a00 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 51 | push ecx // ffd5 | call ebp // 6a0a | push 0xa // ff15???????? | // 6a00 | push 0 $sequence_2 = { 8b742454 6808020000 68???????? 6a00 8935???????? ff15???????? } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8b742454 | mov esi, dword ptr [esp + 0x54] // 6808020000 | push 0x208 // 68???????? | // 6a00 | push 0 // 8935???????? | // ff15???????? | $sequence_3 = { 750c 8b44240c 8d9078ffffff eb71 b904000000 bf???????? 8bf0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 750c | jne 0xe // 8b44240c | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0xc] // 8d9078ffffff | lea edx, [eax - 0x88] // eb71 | jmp 0x73 // b904000000 | mov ecx, 4 // bf???????? | // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax $sequence_4 = { 56 e8???????? 83c408 8b54241c 55 2bc6 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 56 | push esi // e8???????? | // 83c408 | add esp, 8 // 8b54241c | mov edx, dword ptr [esp + 0x1c] // 55 | push ebp // 2bc6 | sub eax, esi $sequence_5 = { ff15???????? 8b4570 85c0 750f 8b4554 6a0c 50 } // n = 7, score = 100 // ff15???????? | // 8b4570 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x70] // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 750f | jne 0x11 // 8b4554 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x54] // 6a0c | push 0xc // 50 | push eax $sequence_6 = { 85c0 7d35 8b07 8b10 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7d35 | jge 0x37 // 8b07 | mov eax, dword ptr [edi] // 8b10 | mov edx, dword ptr [eax] $sequence_7 = { 8bca 83e103 8d442410 50 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 8bca | mov ecx, edx // 83e103 | and ecx, 3 // 8d442410 | lea eax, [esp + 0x10] // 50 | push eax $sequence_8 = { 56 53 6a00 51 8b4c2464 2bd0 52 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 56 | push esi // 53 | push ebx // 6a00 | push 0 // 51 | push ecx // 8b4c2464 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x64] // 2bd0 | sub edx, eax // 52 | push edx $sequence_9 = { 744d 81fb05020000 7445 81fb06020000 743d 81fb07020000 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 744d | je 0x4f // 81fb05020000 | cmp ebx, 0x205 // 7445 | je 0x47 // 81fb06020000 | cmp ebx, 0x206 // 743d | je 0x3f // 81fb07020000 | cmp ebx, 0x207 condition: 7 of them and filesize < 221184 }
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