Actor(s): Lazarus Group
This family contains the BlueNoroff toolkit used for SWIFT manipulation, as used by the Lazarus activity cluster also referred to as BlueNoroff.
rule win_bluenoroff_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" version = "1" description = "Detects win.bluenoroff." 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.bluenoroff" 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 = { 52 8d4608 50 83c709 57 894e04 } // n = 6, score = 300 // 52 | push edx // 8d4608 | lea eax, [esi + 8] // 50 | push eax // 83c709 | add edi, 9 // 57 | push edi // 894e04 | mov dword ptr [esi + 4], ecx $sequence_1 = { 83c410 6a00 68???????? ff15???????? 6a00 } // n = 5, score = 300 // 83c410 | add esp, 0x10 // 6a00 | push 0 // 68???????? | // ff15???????? | // 6a00 | push 0 $sequence_2 = { 57 ff15???????? 33ff 53 ff15???????? 8b450c 85c0 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 57 | push edi // ff15???????? | // 33ff | xor edi, edi // 53 | push ebx // ff15???????? | // 8b450c | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // 85c0 | test eax, eax $sequence_3 = { 8906 8b5004 8902 8b45f8 40 81c348040000 8945f8 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 8906 | mov dword ptr [esi], eax // 8b5004 | mov edx, dword ptr [eax + 4] // 8902 | mov dword ptr [edx], eax // 8b45f8 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 8] // 40 | inc eax // 81c348040000 | add ebx, 0x448 // 8945f8 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 8], eax $sequence_4 = { 668985fafffeff ff15???????? 68???????? 68???????? } // n = 4, score = 300 // 668985fafffeff | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x10006], ax // ff15???????? | // 68???????? | // 68???????? | $sequence_5 = { 8b550c 52 8d85f8feffff 33c9 57 50 66894df8 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 8b550c | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // 52 | push edx // 8d85f8feffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x108] // 33c9 | xor ecx, ecx // 57 | push edi // 50 | push eax // 66894df8 | mov word ptr [ebp - 8], cx $sequence_6 = { 8985f2fffeff 8985f6fffeff 668985fafffeff ff15???????? 68???????? } // n = 5, score = 300 // 8985f2fffeff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x1000e], eax // 8985f6fffeff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x1000a], eax // 668985fafffeff | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x10006], ax // ff15???????? | // 68???????? | $sequence_7 = { ff15???????? 33ff 53 ff15???????? 8b450c 85c0 } // n = 6, score = 300 // ff15???????? | // 33ff | xor edi, edi // 53 | push ebx // ff15???????? | // 8b450c | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // 85c0 | test eax, eax $sequence_8 = { 83feff 7433 8d4e01 51 6a40 } // n = 5, score = 300 // 83feff | cmp esi, -1 // 7433 | je 0x35 // 8d4e01 | lea ecx, [esi + 1] // 51 | push ecx // 6a40 | push 0x40 $sequence_9 = { 8b5514 85d2 0f8e7e000000 8b4d0c 8b4508 53 56 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 8b5514 | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x14] // 85d2 | test edx, edx // 0f8e7e000000 | jle 0x84 // 8b4d0c | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // 8b4508 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 53 | push ebx // 56 | push esi condition: 7 of them and filesize < 303104 }
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