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win.blacksuit (Back to overview)

BlackSuit

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According to Trend Micro, this ransomware has significant code overlap with Royal Ransomware.

References
2025-07-24Bleeping ComputerSergiu Gatlan
BlackSuit ransomware extortion sites seized in Operation Checkmate
BlackSuit Royal Ransom BlackSuit Mount Locker Royal Ransom
2025-02-19PRODAFTPRODAFT
LARVA-208
BlackSuit RansomHub Larva-208
2025-01-14RedSenseLandon Rice, Marley Smith, Yelisey Bohuslavskiy
From Royal to BlackSuit
BlackSuit Royal Ransom Royal Ransom BlackSuit Royal Ransom
2024-08-26The DFIR ReportThe DFIR Report
BlackSuit Ransomware
BlackSuit Cobalt Strike SystemBC
2024-05-28ReliaquestRELIAQUEST THREAT RESEARCH TEAM
BlackSuit Attack Analysis
BlackSuit
2023-05-31Trend MicroIeriz Nicolle Gonzalez, Ivan Nicole Chavez, Jeffrey Francis Bonaobra, Katherine Casona, Trend Micro
Investigating BlackSuit Ransomware’s Similarities to Royal
BlackSuit BlackSuit
2023-05-12cybleCyble
BlackSuit Ransomware Strikes Windows and Linux Users
BlackSuit BlackSuit
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_blacksuit_auto (20260504 | Detects win.blacksuit.)
rule win_blacksuit_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.blacksuit."
        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.blacksuit"
        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 = { ff742414 e8???????? 8b6c241c 83c404 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   ff742414             | push                dword ptr [esp + 0x14]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8b6c241c             | mov                 ebp, dword ptr [esp + 0x1c]
            //   83c404               | add                 esp, 4

        $sequence_1 = { 8d4abd e8???????? 83c408 8d4c2477 68080000f0 6a18 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   8d4abd               | lea                 ecx, [edx - 0x43]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c408               | add                 esp, 8
            //   8d4c2477             | lea                 ecx, [esp + 0x77]
            //   68080000f0           | push                0xf0000008
            //   6a18                 | push                0x18

        $sequence_2 = { 8d4abd e8???????? 83c408 8d4c2420 68000000f0 6a01 6a00 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   8d4abd               | lea                 ecx, [edx - 0x43]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c408               | add                 esp, 8
            //   8d4c2420             | lea                 ecx, [esp + 0x20]
            //   68000000f0           | push                0xf0000000
            //   6a01                 | push                1
            //   6a00                 | push                0

        $sequence_3 = { e8???????? 8be8 83c404 896c2424 83fd02 0f8ca9020000 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8be8                 | mov                 ebp, eax
            //   83c404               | add                 esp, 4
            //   896c2424             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x24], ebp
            //   83fd02               | cmp                 ebp, 2
            //   0f8ca9020000         | jl                  0x2af

        $sequence_4 = { e8???????? 8be8 83c404 896c241c 85ed 0f849d010000 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8be8                 | mov                 ebp, eax
            //   83c404               | add                 esp, 4
            //   896c241c             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x1c], ebp
            //   85ed                 | test                ebp, ebp
            //   0f849d010000         | je                  0x1a3

        $sequence_5 = { e8???????? 8be8 83c404 85ed 0f8414010000 8d84249c000000 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8be8                 | mov                 ebp, eax
            //   83c404               | add                 esp, 4
            //   85ed                 | test                ebp, ebp
            //   0f8414010000         | je                  0x11a
            //   8d84249c000000       | lea                 eax, [esp + 0x9c]

        $sequence_6 = { 8d4aca e8???????? 83c408 57 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   8d4aca               | lea                 ecx, [edx - 0x36]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c408               | add                 esp, 8
            //   57                   | push                edi

        $sequence_7 = { e8???????? 8be8 83c404 83fd01 7510 56 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8be8                 | mov                 ebp, eax
            //   83c404               | add                 esp, 4
            //   83fd01               | cmp                 ebp, 1
            //   7510                 | jne                 0x12
            //   56                   | push                esi

        $sequence_8 = { e8???????? 8be8 56 896c2434 e8???????? 83c418 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8be8                 | mov                 ebp, eax
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   896c2434             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x34], ebp
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c418               | add                 esp, 0x18

        $sequence_9 = { e8???????? 8be8 83c404 81fdaa020000 750a c7442414204f5b00 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8be8                 | mov                 ebp, eax
            //   83c404               | add                 esp, 4
            //   81fdaa020000         | cmp                 ebp, 0x2aa
            //   750a                 | jne                 0xc
            //   c7442414204f5b00     | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x14], 0x5b4f20

        $sequence_10 = { e8???????? 8be8 83c404 33ff 85ed 741b }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8be8                 | mov                 ebp, eax
            //   83c404               | add                 esp, 4
            //   33ff                 | xor                 edi, edi
            //   85ed                 | test                ebp, ebp
            //   741b                 | je                  0x1d

        $sequence_11 = { 8d4abd e8???????? 83c408 8d8c2450040000 51 68ff010000 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   8d4abd               | lea                 ecx, [edx - 0x43]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c408               | add                 esp, 8
            //   8d8c2450040000       | lea                 ecx, [esp + 0x450]
            //   51                   | push                ecx
            //   68ff010000           | push                0x1ff

        $sequence_12 = { 8d4abf e8???????? 83c408 6a00 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   8d4abf               | lea                 ecx, [edx - 0x41]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c408               | add                 esp, 8
            //   6a00                 | push                0

        $sequence_13 = { 8d4ac7 e8???????? 83c408 8d9424dc000000 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   8d4ac7               | lea                 ecx, [edx - 0x39]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c408               | add                 esp, 8
            //   8d9424dc000000       | lea                 edx, [esp + 0xdc]

        $sequence_14 = { 8d4ac8 e8???????? 8d4c2419 51 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   8d4ac8               | lea                 ecx, [edx - 0x38]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8d4c2419             | lea                 ecx, [esp + 0x19]
            //   51                   | push                ecx

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 4764672
}
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