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win.epsilon_red (Back to overview)

Epsilon Red

aka: BlackCocaine
VTCollection    

According to PCrisk, Epsilon is a ransomware-type program. This malware is designed to encrypt the data of infected systems in order to demand payment for decryption.

References
2025-07-25 ⋅ Cloudsek ⋅ Cloudsek
Threat Actors Lure Victims Into Downloading .HTA Files Using ClickFix To Spread Epsilon Red Ransomware
Epsilon Red
2022-03-17 ⋅ Sophos ⋅ Tilly Travers
The Ransomware Threat Intelligence Center
ATOMSILO Avaddon AvosLocker BlackKingdom Ransomware BlackMatter Conti Cring DarkSide dearcry Dharma Egregor Entropy Epsilon Red Gandcrab Karma LockBit LockFile Mailto Maze Nefilim RagnarLocker Ragnarok REvil RobinHood Ryuk SamSam Snatch WannaCryptor WastedLocker
2021-06-04 ⋅ The Record ⋅ Catalin Cimpanu
EpsilonRed ransomware group hits one of India’s financial software powerhouses
Epsilon Red
2021-06-03 ⋅ cyble ⋅ cybleinc
Deep Dive into BlackCocaine Ransomware
Epsilon Red
2021-05-28 ⋅ SophosLabs Uncut ⋅ Andrew Brandt
A new ransomware enters the fray: Epsilon Red
Epsilon Red
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_epsilon_red_auto (20260917 | Detects win.epsilon_red.)
rule win_epsilon_red_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-09-17"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.epsilon_red."
        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.epsilon_red"
        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 = { 7613 31c9 31c0 e9???????? 31c0 4889d9 e8???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   7613                 | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0xa8], ebp
            //   31c9                 | dec                 eax
            //   31c0                 | lea                 ebp, [esp + 0xa8]
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   31c0                 | dec                 eax
            //   4889d9               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ecx]
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_1 = { ffd2 488b442450 488d7001 488b842498000000 488b542440 488b4c2448 4889742450 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   ffd2                 | dec                 esp
            //   488b442450           | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 8], esp
            //   488d7001             | dec                 esp
            //   488b842498000000     | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x2c8], edx
            //   488b542440           | dec                 ecx
            //   488b4c2448           | lea                 eax, [edx + edi]
            //   4889742450           | dec                 eax

        $sequence_2 = { ebd4 4883c108 ebce 48895c2428 48894c2418 4883792000 0f85ae020000 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   ebd4                 | dec                 eax
            //   4883c108             | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0xe0]
            //   ebce                 | dec                 eax
            //   48895c2428           | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x30], eax
            //   48894c2418           | dec                 eax
            //   4883792000           | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x38], 0
            //   0f85ae020000         | dec                 esp

        $sequence_3 = { 4c894c2440 4c89542430 4c29d0 4889c6 48f7d8 48c1f83f 4c21d0 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   4c894c2440           | nop                 
            //   4c89542430           | dec                 eax
            //   4c29d0               | cmp                 ebx, ecx
            //   4889c6               | jge                 0x654
            //   48f7d8               | dec                 eax
            //   48c1f83f             | test                esi, esi
            //   4c21d0               | dec                 eax

        $sequence_4 = { eb08 488b8c24a0000000 4889542450 4839c2 0f8d8e000000 4889442440 488b9c2490000000 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   eb08                 | inc                 esp
            //   488b8c24a0000000     | movzx               edx, byte ptr [esp + 8]
            //   4889542450           | dec                 eax
            //   4839c2               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x108]
            //   0f8d8e000000         | dec                 ecx
            //   4889442440           | mov                 ebx, dword ptr [eax + 0x68]
            //   488b9c2490000000     | dec                 eax

        $sequence_5 = { 488d442420 48890424 488b8c2478010000 48894c2408 6690 e8???????? 48c784248000000000000000 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   488d442420           | mov                 edx, dword ptr [esp + 0x40]
            //   48890424             | dec                 eax
            //   488b8c2478010000     | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0xe8], edx
            //   48894c2408           | dec                 eax
            //   6690                 | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x1a0], ecx
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   48c784248000000000000000     | dec    eax

        $sequence_6 = { e8???????? 4c89f0 4c89d9 e8???????? 31c0 0f1f4000 e8???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4c89f0               | add                 esp, 0x60
            //   4c89d9               | ret                 
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   31c0                 | dec                 eax
            //   0f1f4000             | mov                 ecx, edi
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_7 = { 75ce 90 4839f0 7446 488b542458 4839f2 0f8234010000 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   75ce                 | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ecx]
            //   90                   | dec                 eax
            //   4839f0               | cmp                 esp, dword ptr [ecx + 0x10]
            //   7446                 | jbe                 0x600
            //   488b542458           | dec                 eax
            //   4839f2               | sub                 esp, 0x38
            //   0f8234010000         | dec                 eax

        $sequence_8 = { 7511 80b8b100000000 7408 48c74010defaffff 488b442428 4889442468 488b6c2450 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   7511                 | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ecx]
            //   80b8b100000000       | dec                 eax
            //   7408                 | cmp                 esp, dword ptr [ecx + 0x10]
            //   48c74010defaffff     | jbe                 0x236
            //   488b442428           | dec                 eax
            //   4889442468           | sub                 esp, 0x20
            //   488b6c2450           | dec                 eax

        $sequence_9 = { e8???????? ebd3 48894c2440 4c89442460 4889542468 48891424 4889742408 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   ebd3                 | cmp                 eax, 0x208
            //   48894c2440           | ja                  0x1a17
            //   4c89442460           | dec                 eax
            //   4889542468           | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x10], 9
            //   48891424             | dec                 eax
            //   4889742408           | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x18], eax

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 5075968
}
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