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 = "2026-05-04" 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 = "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 = { f9 66d3ef 660fcf 0fb738 f8 29db } // n = 6, score = 100 // f9 | stc // 66d3ef | shr di, cl // 660fcf | bswap di // 0fb738 | movzx edi, word ptr [eax] // f8 | clc // 29db | sub ebx, ebx $sequence_1 = { 97 4e 1db48b7a71 f8 8766ad fa 2976a7 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 97 | xchg eax, edi // 4e | dec esi // 1db48b7a71 | sbb eax, 0x717a8bb4 // f8 | clc // 8766ad | xchg dword ptr [esi - 0x53], esp // fa | cli // 2976a7 | sub dword ptr [esi - 0x59], esi $sequence_2 = { 8dac246971318a 8dada1cd3823 66f7d5 5d 689c422a44 9c 60 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8dac246971318a | lea ebp, [esp - 0x75ce8e97] // 8dada1cd3823 | lea ebp, [ebp + 0x2338cda1] // 66f7d5 | not bp // 5d | pop ebp // 689c422a44 | push 0x442a429c // 9c | pushfd // 60 | pushal $sequence_3 = { 9c 8d642428 e9???????? 9c 8d642410 e8???????? 28c3 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 9c | pushfd // 8d642428 | lea esp, [esp + 0x28] // e9???????? | // 9c | pushfd // 8d642410 | lea esp, [esp + 0x10] // e8???????? | // 28c3 | sub bl, al $sequence_4 = { 60 67b41b 4f b666 6d 5a } // n = 6, score = 100 // 60 | pushal // 67b41b | mov ah, 0x1b // 4f | dec edi // b666 | mov dh, 0x66 // 6d | insd dword ptr es:[edi], dx // 5a | pop edx $sequence_5 = { 397dfc 0f847affffff 0fb6d2 3b55f8 7523 8b8c88380c0000 6a03 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 397dfc | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 4], edi // 0f847affffff | je 0xffffff80 // 0fb6d2 | movzx edx, dl // 3b55f8 | cmp edx, dword ptr [ebp - 8] // 7523 | jne 0x25 // 8b8c88380c0000 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax + ecx*4 + 0xc38] // 6a03 | push 3 $sequence_6 = { 8b742420 9c 8a7c2404 8da9483b0901 66bb2520 890f c644241c95 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b742420 | mov esi, dword ptr [esp + 0x20] // 9c | pushfd // 8a7c2404 | mov bh, byte ptr [esp + 4] // 8da9483b0901 | lea ebp, [ecx + 0x1093b48] // 66bb2520 | mov bx, 0x2025 // 890f | mov dword ptr [edi], ecx // c644241c95 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x1c], 0x95 $sequence_7 = { 5a 3d1eff0e9c 5d 22812152a18e 33dd fa 7599 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 5a | pop edx // 3d1eff0e9c | cmp eax, 0x9c0eff1e // 5d | pop ebp // 22812152a18e | and al, byte ptr [ecx - 0x715eaddf] // 33dd | xor ebx, ebp // fa | cli // 7599 | jne 0xffffff9b $sequence_8 = { 88642404 8d64243c e8???????? 80d988 8b4dfc 9c 60 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 88642404 | mov byte ptr [esp + 4], ah // 8d64243c | lea esp, [esp + 0x3c] // e8???????? | // 80d988 | sbb cl, 0x88 // 8b4dfc | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 4] // 9c | pushfd // 60 | pushal $sequence_9 = { 5a 7df3 293f bd5b0c762c 8400 47 f77e54 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 5a | pop edx // 7df3 | jge 0xfffffff5 // 293f | sub dword ptr [edi], edi // bd5b0c762c | mov ebp, 0x2c760c5b // 8400 | test byte ptr [eax], al // 47 | inc edi // f77e54 | idiv dword ptr [esi + 0x54] condition: 7 of them and filesize < 10821632 }
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