Mandiant associates this with UNC4191, this malware spreads to removable drives.
rule win_darkdew_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.darkdew." 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.darkdew" 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 = { 8d7e01 3bfb 7ed0 83c8ff eb07 8b04f55c710110 5f } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8d7e01 | lea edi, [esi + 1] // 3bfb | cmp edi, ebx // 7ed0 | jle 0xffffffd2 // 83c8ff | or eax, 0xffffffff // eb07 | jmp 9 // 8b04f55c710110 | mov eax, dword ptr [esi*8 + 0x1001715c] // 5f | pop edi $sequence_1 = { 7214 8b49fc 83c223 2bc1 83c0fc 83f81f 0f87860f0000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 7214 | jb 0x16 // 8b49fc | mov ecx, dword ptr [ecx - 4] // 83c223 | add edx, 0x23 // 2bc1 | sub eax, ecx // 83c0fc | add eax, -4 // 83f81f | cmp eax, 0x1f // 0f87860f0000 | ja 0xf8c $sequence_2 = { b991000000 8dbd70e2ffff 8bf2 f3a5 b991000000 } // n = 5, score = 100 // b991000000 | mov ecx, 0x91 // 8dbd70e2ffff | lea edi, [ebp - 0x1d90] // 8bf2 | mov esi, edx // f3a5 | rep movsd dword ptr es:[edi], dword ptr [esi] // b991000000 | mov ecx, 0x91 $sequence_3 = { 6804010000 8d85b4fcffff 6a00 50 e8???????? 83c40c } // n = 6, score = 100 // 6804010000 | push 0x104 // 8d85b4fcffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x34c] // 6a00 | push 0 // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 83c40c | add esp, 0xc $sequence_4 = { 83fe10 8bbd68ffffff 0f43cf 8d5101 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 83fe10 | cmp esi, 0x10 // 8bbd68ffffff | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp - 0x98] // 0f43cf | cmovae ecx, edi // 8d5101 | lea edx, [ecx + 1] $sequence_5 = { c745e807000000 668945d4 83fa10 722c 8b4d9c 42 8bc1 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c745e807000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x18], 7 // 668945d4 | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x2c], ax // 83fa10 | cmp edx, 0x10 // 722c | jb 0x2e // 8b4d9c | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x64] // 42 | inc edx // 8bc1 | mov eax, ecx $sequence_6 = { 8d85e4f7ffff f3a5 50 8d8528faffff b991000000 8bf3 8dbd18f9ffff } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8d85e4f7ffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x81c] // f3a5 | rep movsd dword ptr es:[edi], dword ptr [esi] // 50 | push eax // 8d8528faffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x5d8] // b991000000 | mov ecx, 0x91 // 8bf3 | mov esi, ebx // 8dbd18f9ffff | lea edi, [ebp - 0x6e8] $sequence_7 = { 8d9534fcffff 0f43ce 2bd1 8a01 8d4901 88440aff 84c0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8d9534fcffff | lea edx, [ebp - 0x3cc] // 0f43ce | cmovae ecx, esi // 2bd1 | sub edx, ecx // 8a01 | mov al, byte ptr [ecx] // 8d4901 | lea ecx, [ecx + 1] // 88440aff | mov byte ptr [edx + ecx - 1], al // 84c0 | test al, al $sequence_8 = { 83c404 83781408 7202 8b00 50 6a00 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 83c404 | add esp, 4 // 83781408 | cmp dword ptr [eax + 0x14], 8 // 7202 | jb 4 // 8b00 | mov eax, dword ptr [eax] // 50 | push eax // 6a00 | push 0 $sequence_9 = { eb07 8b0cc5645c0110 894de4 85c9 7455 8b4510 } // n = 6, score = 100 // eb07 | jmp 9 // 8b0cc5645c0110 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax*8 + 0x10015c64] // 894de4 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c], ecx // 85c9 | test ecx, ecx // 7455 | je 0x57 // 8b4510 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10] condition: 7 of them and filesize < 279552 }
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