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 = "2026-09-17" 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 = "20260916" malpedia_hash = "53a643781c18e08f4a50949af60172d837a0b6f6" malpedia_version = "20260917" 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???????? 83c608 8b06 85c0 75e7 8b07 8d8d98f5ffff } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 83c608 | add esi, 8 // 8b06 | mov eax, dword ptr [esi] // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 75e7 | jne 0xffffffe9 // 8b07 | mov eax, dword ptr [edi] // 8d8d98f5ffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0xa68] $sequence_1 = { 8d85f6fdffff 50 e8???????? 832600 83c40c 57 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8d85f6fdffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x20a] // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 832600 | and dword ptr [esi], 0 // 83c40c | add esp, 0xc // 57 | push edi // e8???????? | $sequence_2 = { 7419 ff7104 ff15???????? 8906 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 7419 | je 0x1b // ff7104 | push dword ptr [ecx + 4] // ff15???????? | // 8906 | mov dword ptr [esi], eax $sequence_3 = { 57 50 89bdf0fbffff 898decfbffff 89bde8fbffff 89bdf8fbffff ff15???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 57 | push edi // 50 | push eax // 89bdf0fbffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x410], edi // 898decfbffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x414], ecx // 89bde8fbffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x418], edi // 89bdf8fbffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x408], edi // ff15???????? | $sequence_4 = { 85c0 741c 8b8c3d2cf7ffff ff85a4f7ffff e8???????? 3985a4f7ffff 7ca5 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 741c | je 0x1e // 8b8c3d2cf7ffff | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + edi - 0x8d4] // ff85a4f7ffff | inc dword ptr [ebp - 0x85c] // e8???????? | // 3985a4f7ffff | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 0x85c], eax // 7ca5 | jl 0xffffffa7 $sequence_5 = { e8???????? a1???????? 85c0 7403 5d ffe0 83c8ff } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // a1???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7403 | je 5 // 5d | pop ebp // ffe0 | jmp eax // 83c8ff | or eax, 0xffffffff $sequence_6 = { e8???????? 8b4b0c 8d85acf7ffff 50 ffb59cf7ffff e8???????? ffb59cf7ffff } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 8b4b0c | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebx + 0xc] // 8d85acf7ffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x854] // 50 | push eax // ffb59cf7ffff | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x864] // e8???????? | // ffb59cf7ffff | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x864] $sequence_7 = { 894d0c 85c9 750d ff7510 50 e8???????? 85c0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 894d0c | mov dword ptr [ebp + 0xc], ecx // 85c9 | test ecx, ecx // 750d | jne 0xf // ff7510 | push dword ptr [ebp + 0x10] // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax $sequence_8 = { 894608 8b4604 85c0 740d 6a00 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 894608 | mov dword ptr [esi + 8], eax // 8b4604 | mov eax, dword ptr [esi + 4] // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 740d | je 0xf // 6a00 | push 0 $sequence_9 = { e8???????? 8d4dec e8???????? 8d4df4 e8???????? 8b4dfc 8b45e4 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 8d4dec | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x14] // e8???????? | // 8d4df4 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0xc] // e8???????? | // 8b4dfc | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 4] // 8b45e4 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c] 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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