Actor(s): Equation Group
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rule win_equationdrug_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.equationdrug." 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.equationdrug" 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 = { 8b44243c 85c0 0f854effffff 8d8c24e8000000 c68424b803000000 e8???????? 8d8c24b0000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b44243c | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x3c] // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 0f854effffff | jne 0xffffff54 // 8d8c24e8000000 | lea ecx, [esp + 0xe8] // c68424b803000000 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x3b8], 0 // e8???????? | // 8d8c24b0000000 | lea ecx, [esp + 0xb0] $sequence_1 = { 51 6a01 56 c744241800000000 c744241c00000000 e8???????? 83c410 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 51 | push ecx // 6a01 | push 1 // 56 | push esi // c744241800000000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x18], 0 // c744241c00000000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x1c], 0 // e8???????? | // 83c410 | add esp, 0x10 $sequence_2 = { 8d4c2444 c7842484000000ffffffff e8???????? 8bc6 5f 5e 5d } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8d4c2444 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x44] // c7842484000000ffffffff | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x84], 0xffffffff // e8???????? | // 8bc6 | mov eax, esi // 5f | pop edi // 5e | pop esi // 5d | pop ebp $sequence_3 = { 8d0480 8d0486 6689500c 668b542412 6689500e 8b542424 895010 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8d0480 | lea eax, [eax + eax*4] // 8d0486 | lea eax, [esi + eax*4] // 6689500c | mov word ptr [eax + 0xc], dx // 668b542412 | mov dx, word ptr [esp + 0x12] // 6689500e | mov word ptr [eax + 0xe], dx // 8b542424 | mov edx, dword ptr [esp + 0x24] // 895010 | mov dword ptr [eax + 0x10], edx $sequence_4 = { ff15???????? 85c0 0f84fe050000 bb02000000 8d842498000000 53 6a00 } // n = 7, score = 100 // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 0f84fe050000 | je 0x604 // bb02000000 | mov ebx, 2 // 8d842498000000 | lea eax, [esp + 0x98] // 53 | push ebx // 6a00 | push 0 $sequence_5 = { 33db 8d4c240c 899c24cc000000 e8???????? 84c0 0f8597010000 8d4c240c } // n = 7, score = 100 // 33db | xor ebx, ebx // 8d4c240c | lea ecx, [esp + 0xc] // 899c24cc000000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0xcc], ebx // e8???????? | // 84c0 | test al, al // 0f8597010000 | jne 0x19d // 8d4c240c | lea ecx, [esp + 0xc] $sequence_6 = { 56 8b742410 85f6 8bd9 7460 833e00 745b } // n = 7, score = 100 // 56 | push esi // 8b742410 | mov esi, dword ptr [esp + 0x10] // 85f6 | test esi, esi // 8bd9 | mov ebx, ecx // 7460 | je 0x62 // 833e00 | cmp dword ptr [esi], 0 // 745b | je 0x5d $sequence_7 = { 51 8bce e8???????? 8b4c2420 8bc7 5f 5e } // n = 7, score = 100 // 51 | push ecx // 8bce | mov ecx, esi // e8???????? | // 8b4c2420 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x20] // 8bc7 | mov eax, edi // 5f | pop edi // 5e | pop esi $sequence_8 = { e8???????? 8bf0 eb02 33f6 56 8d4c2450 c684249000000003 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // eb02 | jmp 4 // 33f6 | xor esi, esi // 56 | push esi // 8d4c2450 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x50] // c684249000000003 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x90], 3 $sequence_9 = { 8d8c248c000000 c68424cc00000005 89442414 e8???????? 397c2440 7437 8b4c2430 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8d8c248c000000 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x8c] // c68424cc00000005 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0xcc], 5 // 89442414 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x14], eax // e8???????? | // 397c2440 | cmp dword ptr [esp + 0x40], edi // 7437 | je 0x39 // 8b4c2430 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x30] condition: 7 of them and filesize < 449536 }
/* EquationDrug Update 11.03.2015 - http://securelist.com/blog/research/69203/inside-the-equationdrug-espionage-platform/ */ rule win_equationdrug_w0 { meta: description = "EquationDrug - Backdoor driven by network sniffer - mstcp32.sys, fat32.sys" author = "Florian Roth @4nc4p" reference = "http://securelist.com/blog/research/69203/inside-the-equationdrug-espionage-platform/" date = "2015/03/11" hash = "26e787997a338d8111d96c9a4c103cf8ff0201ce" source = "https://github.com/mattulm/sfiles_yara/blob/master/malware/Equation.yar" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.equationdrug" malpedia_version = "20170517" malpedia_license = "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" strings: $s0 = "Microsoft(R) Windows (TM) Operating System" fullword wide $s1 = "\\Registry\\User\\CurrentUser\\" fullword wide $s3 = "sys\\mstcp32.dbg" fullword ascii $s7 = "mstcp32.sys" fullword wide $s8 = "p32.sys" fullword ascii $s9 = "\\Device\\%ws_%ws" fullword wide $s10 = "\\DosDevices\\%ws" fullword wide $s11 = "\\Device\\%ws" fullword wide condition: all of them }
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