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 = "2026-05-04" 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 = "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 = { 8b8424ac000000 39e8 75c2 84d2 7504 660f10c5 f20f100d???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b8424ac000000 | dec eax // 39e8 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x28] // 75c2 | dec eax // 84d2 | mov ecx, eax // 7504 | lea edx, [eax + 1] // 660f10c5 | dec eax // f20f100d???????? | $sequence_1 = { 85ed 0f84d4020000 448b442458 4529f4 418b5504 418d442401 4489c1 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 85ed | or eax, 0x1c0 // 0f84d4020000 | or ecx, 0x45 // 448b442458 | mov dword ptr [esi + 8], eax // 4529f4 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x20], ecx // 418b5504 | dec eax // 418d442401 | mov ecx, eax // 4489c1 | call eax $sequence_2 = { 488b05???????? ffd0 4889842468040000 488b842468040000 4889c1 e8???????? } // n = 6, score = 100 // 488b05???????? | // ffd0 | movzx edx, bh // 4889842468040000 | dec eax // 488b842468040000 | lea ecx, [esi + 2] // 4889c1 | dec ebp // e8???????? | $sequence_3 = { c3 6641833900 0f852affffff e9???????? 4183e001 400fb6d5 488d4e02 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c3 | dec eax // 6641833900 | sub esp, 0x48 // 0f852affffff | mov edx, 1 // e9???????? | // 4183e001 | ret // 400fb6d5 | inc cx // 488d4e02 | cmp dword ptr [ecx], 0 $sequence_4 = { 08d1 7414 4885f6 740f 488b542440 83e301 488d1453 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 08d1 | dec eax // 7414 | test esi, esi // 4885f6 | je 0x1c91 // 740f | inc esp // 488b542440 | mov edx, edi // 83e301 | inc ebp // 488d1453 | test edi, edi $sequence_5 = { 4889c1 e8???????? 488b4518 488d5008 488b45e8 41b900000000 41b824000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4889c1 | dec eax // e8???????? | // 488b4518 | mov ecx, eax // 488d5008 | call eax // 488b45e8 | dec eax // 41b900000000 | cmp dword ptr [esp + 0x5c8], 0 // 41b824000000 | je 0x10c5 $sequence_6 = { 0f94c0 84c0 740a b800000000 e9???????? 488b4d10 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 0f94c0 | mov ecx, eax // 84c0 | dec eax // 740a | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x30], eax // b800000000 | mov eax, 1 // e9???????? | // 488b4d10 | dec eax $sequence_7 = { 48894d10 48895518 48837d1000 7407 48837d1800 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 48894d10 | cmp ebp, 0x6f // 48895518 | jne 0x1cd9 // 48837d1000 | dec ecx // 7407 | cmp esp, esi // 48837d1800 | mov dword ptr [ebx + 0xc], 0xffffffff $sequence_8 = { 84d1 7409 4439c0 0f8fdd0e0000 8b542460 4101c3 448b642470 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 84d1 | lea edx, [eax + 2] // 7409 | dec eax // 4439c0 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x20] // 0f8fdd0e0000 | dec eax // 8b542460 | add eax, edx // 4101c3 | mov byte ptr [edx], al // 448b642470 | jmp 0x1273 $sequence_9 = { 4889442420 48894c2440 e8???????? 89c5 85c0 0f8926ffffff e9???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4889442420 | mov ebx, edx // 48894c2440 | dec eax // e8???????? | // 89c5 | shr edx, 1 // 85c0 | dec eax // 0f8926ffffff | mov eax, ebx // e9???????? | condition: 7 of them and filesize < 246784 }
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