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 = "2026-01-05" 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 = "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 = { 668945d8 8d55d8 8b45f4 52 6a00 68???????? 8b08 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 668945d8 | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x28], ax // 8d55d8 | lea edx, [ebp - 0x28] // 8b45f4 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0xc] // 52 | push edx // 6a00 | push 0 // 68???????? | // 8b08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax] $sequence_1 = { 03d6 8bc1 8b75c8 03da c1c00d 8bd1 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 03d6 | add edx, esi // 8bc1 | mov eax, ecx // 8b75c8 | mov esi, dword ptr [ebp - 0x38] // 03da | add ebx, edx // c1c00d | rol eax, 0xd // 8bd1 | mov edx, ecx $sequence_2 = { 8b75d4 c1c90e 33c8 836dc001 894ddc 894dbc 8b4df8 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b75d4 | mov esi, dword ptr [ebp - 0x2c] // c1c90e | ror ecx, 0xe // 33c8 | xor ecx, eax // 836dc001 | sub dword ptr [ebp - 0x40], 1 // 894ddc | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x24], ecx // 894dbc | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x44], ecx // 8b4df8 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 8] $sequence_3 = { ffd7 50 ffd6 ff75d8 6a00 ffd7 50 } // n = 7, score = 100 // ffd7 | call edi // 50 | push eax // ffd6 | call esi // ff75d8 | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x28] // 6a00 | push 0 // ffd7 | call edi // 50 | push eax $sequence_4 = { 894108 eb03 8b7df8 56 6a00 ff15???????? 8b35???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 894108 | mov dword ptr [ecx + 8], eax // eb03 | jmp 5 // 8b7df8 | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp - 8] // 56 | push esi // 6a00 | push 0 // ff15???????? | // 8b35???????? | $sequence_5 = { 33c8 8bc3 034dcc 33c6 2345e4 33c3 03c1 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 33c8 | xor ecx, eax // 8bc3 | mov eax, ebx // 034dcc | add ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x34] // 33c6 | xor eax, esi // 2345e4 | and eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c] // 33c3 | xor eax, ebx // 03c1 | add eax, ecx $sequence_6 = { f7d8 837b0400 5f 0f4dc6 5e 894304 5b } // n = 7, score = 100 // f7d8 | neg eax // 837b0400 | cmp dword ptr [ebx + 4], 0 // 5f | pop edi // 0f4dc6 | cmovge eax, esi // 5e | pop esi // 894304 | mov dword ptr [ebx + 4], eax // 5b | pop ebx $sequence_7 = { 894db8 0fb64a38 c1e108 0bc8 0fb6423a c1e108 0bc8 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 894db8 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x48], ecx // 0fb64a38 | movzx ecx, byte ptr [edx + 0x38] // c1e108 | shl ecx, 8 // 0bc8 | or ecx, eax // 0fb6423a | movzx eax, byte ptr [edx + 0x3a] // c1e108 | shl ecx, 8 // 0bc8 | or ecx, eax $sequence_8 = { 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_9 = { 33c2 8b55dc 8945e4 8d0413 c1c007 3345cc 03d0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 33c2 | xor eax, edx // 8b55dc | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x24] // 8945e4 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c], eax // 8d0413 | lea eax, [ebx + edx] // c1c007 | rol eax, 7 // 3345cc | xor eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x34] // 03d0 | add edx, eax condition: 7 of them and filesize < 133120 }
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