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Cactus

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References
2025-07-31IntrinsecCTI Intrinsec
Shadow syndicate infrastructure illumination
AMOS BlackCat Cactus Cicada3301 Clop LockBit PLAY RansomHub Royal Ransom Silence
2025-03-03Trend MicroAdam O'Connor, Catherine Loveria, Gabriel Cardoso, Ian Kenefick, Jack Walsh, Jovit Samaniego, Lucas Silva, Stephen Carbery
Black Basta and Cactus Ransomware Groups Add BackConnect Malware to Their Arsenal
Black Basta Black Basta Cactus ReedBed
2024-01-22ShadowStackREShadowStackRE
Cactus Ransomware
Cactus
2023-12-01Twitter (@MsftSecIntel)Microsoft Threat Intelligence
Tweet on Danabot leading to cactus ransomware
Cactus DanaBot Storm-1044
2023-12-01Twitter (@MsftSecIntel)Microsoft Threat Intelligence
Tweet about Storm-1044 and Storm-0216, Danabot leading to Cactus ransomware
Cactus DanaBot TA2101
2023-09-14SekoiaLivia Tibirna
Sekoia.io mid-2023 Ransomware Threat Landscape
8Base Akira Cactus Storm-1567
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_cactus_auto (20260504 | Detects win.cactus.)
rule win_cactus_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.cactus."
        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.cactus"
        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 = { e8???????? 4c8d05f3ee3e00 ba41000000 488d0db8ee3e00 e8???????? 4531c0 bac5000000 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4c8d05f3ee3e00       | mov                 ecx, eax
            //   ba41000000           | push                ebx
            //   488d0db8ee3e00       | dec                 eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4531c0               | sub                 esp, 0x20
            //   bac5000000           | dec                 eax

        $sequence_1 = { e8???????? 4531c0 ba00010c00 b910000000 e8???????? 48c744243800000000 4c89e1 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4531c0               | lea                 eax, [0x31b80a]
            //   ba00010c00           | mov                 edx, 0x12a
            //   b910000000           | dec                 eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   48c744243800000000     | lea    ecx, [0x31b27e]
            //   4c89e1               | dec                 esp

        $sequence_2 = { e8???????? 85c0 0f84b6020000 488d153e8d3200 4889d9 e8???????? 4885c0 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   85c0                 | push                ebx
            //   0f84b6020000         | dec                 eax
            //   488d153e8d3200       | sub                 esp, 0x28
            //   4889d9               | dec                 eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4885c0               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x60]

        $sequence_3 = { c6042b00 48891f 4c89e8 4883c438 5b 5e 5f }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   c6042b00             | xor                 eax, eax
            //   48891f               | inc                 esp
            //   4c89e8               | add                 ebp, esi
            //   4883c438             | dec                 esp
            //   5b                   | mov                 edx, dword ptr [esp + 0x28]
            //   5e                   | inc                 ebp
            //   5f                   | xor                 ecx, ecx

        $sequence_4 = { f30f6f6b50 f30f6f4360 48895070 0f114810 0f115020 0f115830 0f116040 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   f30f6f6b50           | mov                 esi, edx
            //   f30f6f4360           | push                edi
            //   48895070             | push                esi
            //   0f114810             | push                ebx
            //   0f115020             | dec                 eax
            //   0f115830             | sub                 esp, 0x68
            //   0f116040             | dec                 eax

        $sequence_5 = { e8???????? 4c8d052c9d3b00 ba16040000 488d0d28843b00 e8???????? 4531c0 ba02010c00 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4c8d052c9d3b00       | dec                 ebp
            //   ba16040000           | mov                 eax, edi
            //   488d0d28843b00       | dec                 eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4531c0               | add                 edx, esi
            //   ba02010c00           | dec                 esp

        $sequence_6 = { e8???????? 4889f3 4489f2 29fa 85d2 0f8fb1070000 0f85ab0a0000 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4889f3               | dec                 eax
            //   4489f2               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x48]
            //   29fa                 | dec                 eax
            //   85d2                 | mov                 edx, esi
            //   0f8fb1070000         | dec                 esp
            //   0f85ab0a0000         | lea                 eax, [esp + 0x68]

        $sequence_7 = { e8???????? 4889f1 e8???????? 4889f1 4889c7 e8???????? 4889f1 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4889f1               | dec                 eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4889f1               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x40]
            //   4889c7               | dec                 esp
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4889f1               | lea                 eax, [esp + 0x58]

        $sequence_8 = { e8???????? 48894318 4889c1 4885c0 0f857ffeffff 488b4c2458 4889ea }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   48894318             | dec                 esp
            //   4889c1               | lea                 eax, [0x32ad80]
            //   4885c0               | mov                 edx, 0xdb
            //   0f857ffeffff         | dec                 eax
            //   488b4c2458           | lea                 ecx, [0x32ad34]
            //   4889ea               | inc                 ebp

        $sequence_9 = { e8???????? 4c8d05a4e93a00 ba96010000 ebc6 4839c6 0f95c2 4883e814 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4c8d05a4e93a00       | dec                 eax
            //   ba96010000           | lea                 ecx, [ecx + 0x28]
            //   ebc6                 | push                ebx
            //   4839c6               | dec                 eax
            //   0f95c2               | sub                 esp, 0x20
            //   4883e814             | dec                 eax

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 13587456
}
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