A ransomware with potential ties to Wizard Spider.
rule win_diavol_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.diavol." 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.diavol" 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 = { 898d88f3ffff ff15???????? 83f8ff 0f84ca000000 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 898d88f3ffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0xc78], ecx // ff15???????? | // 83f8ff | cmp eax, -1 // 0f84ca000000 | je 0xd0 $sequence_1 = { 68???????? 8d95a0f9ffff e8???????? 8d85a0f9ffff 83c424 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 68???????? | // 8d95a0f9ffff | lea edx, [ebp - 0x660] // e8???????? | // 8d85a0f9ffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x660] // 83c424 | add esp, 0x24 $sequence_2 = { 7412 66837dfc2a 7431 663bca 7535 83c002 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 7412 | je 0x14 // 66837dfc2a | cmp word ptr [ebp - 4], 0x2a // 7431 | je 0x33 // 663bca | cmp cx, dx // 7535 | jne 0x37 // 83c002 | add eax, 2 $sequence_3 = { d1f8 66394c4302 8d5c4302 0f8552ffffff 5f 5e 33c0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // d1f8 | sar eax, 1 // 66394c4302 | cmp word ptr [ebx + eax*2 + 2], cx // 8d5c4302 | lea ebx, [ebx + eax*2 + 2] // 0f8552ffffff | jne 0xffffff58 // 5f | pop edi // 5e | pop esi // 33c0 | xor eax, eax $sequence_4 = { 50 56 ff15???????? 85c0 0f8450010000 8b8d30c2ffff } // n = 6, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // 56 | push esi // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 0f8450010000 | je 0x156 // 8b8d30c2ffff | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x3dd0] $sequence_5 = { 83d8ff 85c0 7532 8b85d0fbffff 50 6a00 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 83d8ff | sbb eax, -1 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7532 | jne 0x34 // 8b85d0fbffff | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x430] // 50 | push eax // 6a00 | push 0 $sequence_6 = { 85f6 752a 6a02 53 ff15???????? } // n = 5, score = 100 // 85f6 | test esi, esi // 752a | jne 0x2c // 6a02 | push 2 // 53 | push ebx // ff15???????? | $sequence_7 = { ffd0 56 ff15???????? e8???????? e8???????? } // n = 5, score = 100 // ffd0 | call eax // 56 | push esi // ff15???????? | // e8???????? | // e8???????? | $sequence_8 = { c785fcefffff00000000 e8???????? 6800020000 8d85a0fdffff 6a00 } // n = 5, score = 100 // c785fcefffff00000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x1004], 0 // e8???????? | // 6800020000 | push 0x200 // 8d85a0fdffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x260] // 6a00 | push 0 $sequence_9 = { 81ec20010000 a1???????? 33c5 8945fc 6880000000 8d8578ffffff } // n = 6, score = 100 // 81ec20010000 | sub esp, 0x120 // a1???????? | // 33c5 | xor eax, ebp // 8945fc | mov dword ptr [ebp - 4], eax // 6880000000 | push 0x80 // 8d8578ffffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x88] condition: 7 of them and filesize < 191488 }
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