According to Intezer, the malware gathers system information and transmits this via (proxy-aware) HTTP requests.
rule win_echo_gather_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.echo_gather." 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.echo_gather" 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 = { 4989d9 4d89fc 488b5c2430 4c8b7c2438 4589f0 4183fe39 0f8451030000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4989d9 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x5d8] // 4d89fc | dec ebp // 488b5c2430 | mov ecx, eax // 4c8b7c2438 | dec ecx // 4589f0 | mov eax, ecx // 4183fe39 | dec ebp // 0f8451030000 | imul eax, ecx $sequence_1 = { 488b45d8 4889c1 488b05???????? ffd0 e9???????? 8b45bc } // n = 6, score = 100 // 488b45d8 | mov esi, esi // 4889c1 | inc ecx // 488b05???????? | // ffd0 | cmp ebp, 0x8007007a // e9???????? | // 8b45bc | jne 0x1deb $sequence_2 = { 74c4 b920000000 e8???????? 8b4324 83c001 894324 4183ed01 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 74c4 | jne 0x236 // b920000000 | dec ecx // e8???????? | // 8b4324 | sub edx, eax // 83c001 | dec ebp // 894324 | mov ebx, ecx // 4183ed01 | dec esi $sequence_3 = { 48898424f8040000 488b842450040000 4889842400050000 66c78424e00400000000 e8???????? 4889c2 488b4d10 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 48898424f8040000 | mov eax, eax // 488b842450040000 | dec eax // 4889842400050000 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x18] // 66c78424e00400000000 | dec eax // e8???????? | // 4889c2 | mov eax, dword ptr [eax] // 488b4d10 | dec eax $sequence_4 = { 743f 48c1ea20 7539 4883eb01 4889da e8???????? 85c0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 743f | jne 0x1f23 // 48c1ea20 | dec ecx // 7539 | mov esi, ebx // 4883eb01 | jne 0x1fda // 4889da | dec eax // e8???????? | // 85c0 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x20] $sequence_5 = { 7561 4181fd7a000780 7409 4181fd26000780 75b4 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 7561 | dec eax // 4181fd7a000780 | test eax, eax // 7409 | je 0xcf1 // 4181fd26000780 | dec eax // 75b4 | add edx, eax $sequence_6 = { 0f94c0 84c0 744a 8b45ec 89c0 4889c2 b940000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 0f94c0 | test ebx, ebx // 84c0 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x28], ebp // 744a | dec ecx // 8b45ec | mov eax, edi // 89c0 | dec eax // 4889c2 | lea edx, [0x8ddb] // b940000000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x20], eax $sequence_7 = { 48c78424a800000011000000 c78424bc00000000000000 eb31 8b8424bc000000 4898 488b54c420 488b4510 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 48c78424a800000011000000 | mov eax, ebx // c78424bc00000000000000 | dec esp // eb31 | mov edi, esp // 8b8424bc000000 | add eax, 1 // 4898 | dec eax // 488b54c420 | mov edx, dword ptr [esp + 0x38] // 488b4510 | dec eax $sequence_8 = { 488d8c2450010000 488d942450020000 488d842450030000 4989c8 4889c1 e8???????? } // n = 6, score = 100 // 488d8c2450010000 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10] // 488d942450020000 | dec eax // 488d842450030000 | mov ecx, eax // 4989c8 | mov byte ptr [esi - 1], al // 4889c1 | dec eax // e8???????? | $sequence_9 = { ba01000000 b9f1000000 e8???????? 488945f0 488b05???????? } // n = 5, score = 100 // ba01000000 | dec eax // b9f1000000 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x42c] // e8???????? | // 488945f0 | dec eax // 488b05???????? | condition: 7 of them and filesize < 246784 }
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