Also known as Wacatac ransomware due to its .wctc extension.
rule win_deathransom_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.deathransom." 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.deathransom" malpedia_rule_date = "20260916" malpedia_hash = "53a643781c18e08f4a50949af60172d837a0b6f6" malpedia_version = "20260917" 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 = { 894508 8b450c 56 8b4808 33c0 894df4 8bd1 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 894508 | mov dword ptr [ebp + 8], eax // 8b450c | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // 56 | push esi // 8b4808 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax + 8] // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 894df4 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0xc], ecx // 8bd1 | mov edx, ecx $sequence_1 = { e8???????? 8b7d14 8d4308 8bf7 83c40c 33d2 2bf3 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 8b7d14 | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp + 0x14] // 8d4308 | lea eax, [ebx + 8] // 8bf7 | mov esi, edi // 83c40c | add esp, 0xc // 33d2 | xor edx, edx // 2bf3 | sub esi, ebx $sequence_2 = { c1c007 c1c90b 33c8 8955b0 8bc7 8b7df4 c1c806 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c1c007 | rol eax, 7 // c1c90b | ror ecx, 0xb // 33c8 | xor ecx, eax // 8955b0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x50], edx // 8bc7 | mov eax, edi // 8b7df4 | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp - 0xc] // c1c806 | ror eax, 6 $sequence_3 = { 897de0 8b7a20 8b4618 8b5224 c1c806 33c8 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 897de0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x20], edi // 8b7a20 | mov edi, dword ptr [edx + 0x20] // 8b4618 | mov eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x18] // 8b5224 | mov edx, dword ptr [edx + 0x24] // c1c806 | ror eax, 6 // 33c8 | xor ecx, eax $sequence_4 = { 8955a4 8bc7 8b7df0 c1c806 33c8 8bc6 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8955a4 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x5c], edx // 8bc7 | mov eax, edi // 8b7df0 | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp - 0x10] // c1c806 | ror eax, 6 // 33c8 | xor ecx, eax // 8bc6 | mov eax, esi $sequence_5 = { 8b4d10 8b75f4 8b5d08 3bd9 7e28 33ff 8d348e } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b4d10 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10] // 8b75f4 | mov esi, dword ptr [ebp - 0xc] // 8b5d08 | mov ebx, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 3bd9 | cmp ebx, ecx // 7e28 | jle 0x2a // 33ff | xor edi, edi // 8d348e | lea esi, [esi + ecx*4] $sequence_6 = { 8be5 5d c3 8b4de0 5f } // n = 5, score = 100 // 8be5 | mov esp, ebp // 5d | pop ebp // c3 | ret // 8b4de0 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x20] // 5f | pop edi $sequence_7 = { 885607 885e02 88460e 886606 c745f404000000 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 885607 | mov byte ptr [esi + 7], dl // 885e02 | mov byte ptr [esi + 2], bl // 88460e | mov byte ptr [esi + 0xe], al // 886606 | mov byte ptr [esi + 6], ah // c745f404000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0xc], 4 $sequence_8 = { 50 8d8518ffffff 50 e8???????? 83c40c 83ee01 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // 8d8518ffffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0xe8] // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 83c40c | add esp, 0xc // 83ee01 | sub esi, 1 $sequence_9 = { 6a01 6a00 68???????? ffd6 85c0 0f881b020000 68???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 6a01 | push 1 // 6a00 | push 0 // 68???????? | // ffd6 | call esi // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 0f881b020000 | js 0x221 // 68???????? | condition: 7 of them and filesize < 133120 }
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