Elastic observed this loader coming with valid code signatures, being used to deploy secondary payloads in-memory.
rule win_blister_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" version = "1" description = "Detects win.blister." 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.blister" 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 = { 750b 8b450c 832000 33c0 40 eb02 33c0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 750b | jne 0xd // 8b450c | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // 832000 | and dword ptr [eax], 0 // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 40 | inc eax // eb02 | jmp 4 // 33c0 | xor eax, eax $sequence_1 = { 89b5a4f7ffff ff37 ff77fc e8???????? 3bc6 8985a8f7ffff } // n = 6, score = 100 // 89b5a4f7ffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x85c], esi // ff37 | push dword ptr [edi] // ff77fc | push dword ptr [edi - 4] // e8???????? | // 3bc6 | cmp eax, esi // 8985a8f7ffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x858], eax $sequence_2 = { 50 ff75ec ff75f8 ff75f0 ff15???????? 85c0 7507 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // ff75ec | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x14] // ff75f8 | push dword ptr [ebp - 8] // ff75f0 | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x10] // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7507 | jne 9 $sequence_3 = { 8b8c3d2cf7ffff 8d85a0f7ffff 50 ffb5a4f7ffff e8???????? 3bc6 8985a8f7ffff } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b8c3d2cf7ffff | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + edi - 0x8d4] // 8d85a0f7ffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x860] // 50 | push eax // ffb5a4f7ffff | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x85c] // e8???????? | // 3bc6 | cmp eax, esi // 8985a8f7ffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x858], eax $sequence_4 = { 8b4004 ff34b8 8d45f4 ff75f0 50 e8???????? } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8b4004 | mov eax, dword ptr [eax + 4] // ff34b8 | push dword ptr [eax + edi*4] // 8d45f4 | lea eax, [ebp - 0xc] // ff75f0 | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x10] // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | $sequence_5 = { 0fb700 ff750c 50 ff15???????? 47 3b7e24 7ce5 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 0fb700 | movzx eax, word ptr [eax] // ff750c | push dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | // 47 | inc edi // 3b7e24 | cmp edi, dword ptr [esi + 0x24] // 7ce5 | jl 0xffffffe7 $sequence_6 = { 8d4dec e8???????? 8d4de4 e8???????? 8d4df4 e8???????? 53 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8d4dec | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x14] // e8???????? | // 8d4de4 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x1c] // e8???????? | // 8d4df4 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0xc] // e8???????? | // 53 | push ebx $sequence_7 = { 56 b800010000 57 8bf8 eb28 ff750c ff7508 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 56 | push esi // b800010000 | mov eax, 0x100 // 57 | push edi // 8bf8 | mov edi, eax // eb28 | jmp 0x2a // ff750c | push dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // ff7508 | push dword ptr [ebp + 8] $sequence_8 = { ab 895dd0 894dd4 894ddc ab 395e0c } // n = 6, score = 100 // ab | stosd dword ptr es:[edi], eax // 895dd0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x30], ebx // 894dd4 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x2c], ecx // 894ddc | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x24], ecx // ab | stosd dword ptr es:[edi], eax // 395e0c | cmp dword ptr [esi + 0xc], ebx $sequence_9 = { 8b00 eb02 33c0 3985a4f7ffff 0f8dcd000000 8d85ccfbffff 50 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b00 | mov eax, dword ptr [eax] // eb02 | jmp 4 // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 3985a4f7ffff | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 0x85c], eax // 0f8dcd000000 | jge 0xd3 // 8d85ccfbffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x434] // 50 | push eax condition: 7 of them and filesize < 1822720 }
rule win_blister_w0 { meta: author = "Elastic Security" description = "Detects Blister loader." creation_date = "2021-12-20" last_modified = "2021-12-20" os = "Windows" category_type = "Trojan" family = "Blister" threat_name = "Windows.Trojan.Blister" reference_sample = "0a7778cf6f9a1bd894e89f282f2e40f9d6c9cd4b72be97328e681fe32a1b1a00" source = "https://www.elastic.co/de/blog/elastic-security-uncovers-blister-malware-campaign" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.blister" malpedia_rule_date = "20211223" malpedia_hash = "" malpedia_version = "20211223" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" strings: $a1 = {8D 45 DC 89 5D EC 50 6A 04 8D 45 F0 50 8D 45 EC 50 6A FF FF D7} $a2 = {75 F7 39 4D FC 0F 85 F3 00 00 00 64 A1 30 00 00 00 53 57 89 75} condition: any of them }
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