Actor(s): Lazarus Group
BOOTWRECK is a master boot record wiper malware.
rule win_bootwreck_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.bootwreck." 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.bootwreck" malpedia_rule_date = "20260105" malpedia_hash = "19b79e7cab4eaf532122e5b45a77dd8f6bb5cc79" malpedia_version = "20251219" 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 = { 9e 3ec9 307dd6 14cc 7466 d59d } // n = 6, score = 100 // 9e | sahf // 3ec9 | leave // 307dd6 | xor byte ptr [ebp - 0x2a], bh // 14cc | adc al, 0xcc // 7466 | je 0x68 // d59d | aad 0x9d $sequence_1 = { c60424de 57 9c 875c242c ff742404 54 9c } // n = 7, score = 100 // c60424de | mov byte ptr [esp], 0xde // 57 | push edi // 9c | pushfd // 875c242c | xchg dword ptr [esp + 0x2c], ebx // ff742404 | push dword ptr [esp + 4] // 54 | push esp // 9c | pushfd $sequence_2 = { fd 7919 87c1 0e d9574e 6d 7db2 } // n = 7, score = 100 // fd | std // 7919 | jns 0x1b // 87c1 | xchg ecx, eax // 0e | push cs // d9574e | fst dword ptr [edi + 0x4e] // 6d | insd dword ptr es:[edi], dx // 7db2 | jge 0xffffffb4 $sequence_3 = { 8b8020334500 c60424ef 60 8d8090b42a7f 8d642434 0f8f702c0000 687b1f6def } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b8020334500 | mov eax, dword ptr [eax + 0x453320] // c60424ef | mov byte ptr [esp], 0xef // 60 | pushal // 8d8090b42a7f | lea eax, [eax + 0x7f2ab490] // 8d642434 | lea esp, [esp + 0x34] // 0f8f702c0000 | jg 0x2c76 // 687b1f6def | push 0xef6d1f7b $sequence_4 = { 660fb6db 89f3 660fbef1 5e 660fce 8b742440 88442404 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 660fb6db | movzx bx, bl // 89f3 | mov ebx, esi // 660fbef1 | movsx si, cl // 5e | pop esi // 660fce | bswap si // 8b742440 | mov esi, dword ptr [esp + 0x40] // 88442404 | mov byte ptr [esp + 4], al $sequence_5 = { 70e8 32ff 46 33e2 41 2eb910b0f8ab 828dc6785b1254 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 70e8 | jo 0xffffffea // 32ff | xor bh, bh // 46 | inc esi // 33e2 | xor esp, edx // 41 | inc ecx // 2eb910b0f8ab | mov ecx, 0xabf8b010 // 828dc6785b1254 | or byte ptr [ebp + 0x125b78c6], 0x54 $sequence_6 = { e8???????? f6d2 8b5620 60 9c ff742404 89542424 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // f6d2 | not dl // 8b5620 | mov edx, dword ptr [esi + 0x20] // 60 | pushal // 9c | pushfd // ff742404 | push dword ptr [esp + 4] // 89542424 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x24], edx $sequence_7 = { 60 e7c6 45 14bb aa 11fe 1d0a3b6a57 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 60 | pushal // e7c6 | out 0xc6, eax // 45 | inc ebp // 14bb | adc al, 0xbb // aa | stosb byte ptr es:[edi], al // 11fe | adc esi, edi // 1d0a3b6a57 | sbb eax, 0x576a3b0a $sequence_8 = { b6d1 0206 82535e09 3909 a6 ae 57 } // n = 7, score = 100 // b6d1 | mov dh, 0xd1 // 0206 | add al, byte ptr [esi] // 82535e09 | adc byte ptr [ebx + 0x5e], 9 // 3909 | cmp dword ptr [ecx], ecx // a6 | cmpsb byte ptr [esi], byte ptr es:[edi] // ae | scasb al, byte ptr es:[edi] // 57 | push edi $sequence_9 = { 660fb6c9 660bf9 0fb7cf 8b7d10 894d0c 2acb 32c8 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 660fb6c9 | movzx cx, cl // 660bf9 | or di, cx // 0fb7cf | movzx ecx, di // 8b7d10 | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10] // 894d0c | mov dword ptr [ebp + 0xc], ecx // 2acb | sub cl, bl // 32c8 | xor cl, al condition: 7 of them and filesize < 10821632 }
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