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 = "2026-05-04" 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 = "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 = { 8b55d8 33c3 03c1 81c216c1a419 03d0 8bcf 0155ec } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b55d8 | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x28] // 33c3 | xor eax, ebx // 03c1 | add eax, ecx // 81c216c1a419 | add edx, 0x19a4c116 // 03d0 | add edx, eax // 8bcf | mov ecx, edi // 0155ec | add dword ptr [ebp - 0x14], edx $sequence_1 = { 8d049d00000000 50 6a08 ffd1 50 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 8d049d00000000 | lea eax, [ebx*4] // 50 | push eax // 6a08 | push 8 // ffd1 | call ecx // 50 | push eax $sequence_2 = { 5f 33c0 5e c3 8b4908 f7d6 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 5f | pop edi // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 5e | pop esi // c3 | ret // 8b4908 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ecx + 8] // f7d6 | not esi $sequence_3 = { 83c42c 8b4df4 57 53 e8???????? 8b55e4 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 83c42c | add esp, 0x2c // 8b4df4 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0xc] // 57 | push edi // 53 | push ebx // e8???????? | // 8b55e4 | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c] $sequence_4 = { 5e 5b 8be5 5d c3 8b35???????? 6a04 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 5e | pop esi // 5b | pop ebx // 8be5 | mov esp, ebp // 5d | pop ebp // c3 | ret // 8b35???????? | // 6a04 | push 4 $sequence_5 = { 235ddc 0bd8 895de0 014de0 8b4dc4 8bd1 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 235ddc | and ebx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x24] // 0bd8 | or ebx, eax // 895de0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x20], ebx // 014de0 | add dword ptr [ebp - 0x20], ecx // 8b4dc4 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x3c] // 8bd1 | mov edx, ecx $sequence_6 = { 33c8 8b7de4 03ca 8b5df4 8b55dc 8bc6 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 33c8 | xor ecx, eax // 8b7de4 | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c] // 03ca | add ecx, edx // 8b5df4 | mov ebx, dword ptr [ebp - 0xc] // 8b55dc | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x24] // 8bc6 | mov eax, esi $sequence_7 = { c1e80a 33d0 8b5da0 0355bc 8bcb c1c10e 8bc3 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c1e80a | shr eax, 0xa // 33d0 | xor edx, eax // 8b5da0 | mov ebx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x60] // 0355bc | add edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x44] // 8bcb | mov ecx, ebx // c1c10e | rol ecx, 0xe // 8bc3 | mov eax, ebx $sequence_8 = { 8bc3 c1e803 33f8 8b5de0 03fa 8b55ec 037db4 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8bc3 | mov eax, ebx // c1e803 | shr eax, 3 // 33f8 | xor edi, eax // 8b5de0 | mov ebx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x20] // 03fa | add edi, edx // 8b55ec | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x14] // 037db4 | add edi, dword ptr [ebp - 0x4c] $sequence_9 = { 3b55fc 8b75f0 1bc0 c1eb10 f7d8 03c1 8b4df8 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 3b55fc | cmp edx, dword ptr [ebp - 4] // 8b75f0 | mov esi, dword ptr [ebp - 0x10] // 1bc0 | sbb eax, eax // c1eb10 | shr ebx, 0x10 // f7d8 | neg eax // 03c1 | add eax, ecx // 8b4df8 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 8] condition: 7 of them and filesize < 133120 }
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