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win.fuxsocy (Back to overview)

FuxSocy

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FuxSocy has some similarities to win.cerber but is tracked as its own family for now.

References
2019-11-22 ⋅ Andrew Ivanov
TurkStatik Ransomware
FuxSocy
2019-10-25 ⋅ Bleeping Computer ⋅ Lawrence Abrams
New FuxSocy Ransomware Impersonates the Notorious Cerber
FuxSocy
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_fuxsocy_auto (20260917 | Detects win.fuxsocy.)
rule win_fuxsocy_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-09-17"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.fuxsocy."
        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.fuxsocy"
        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 = { 8975fc 4f 85ff 75b9 8b75f8 5f 8bc6 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   8975fc               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], esi
            //   4f                   | dec                 edi
            //   85ff                 | test                edi, edi
            //   75b9                 | jne                 0xffffffbb
            //   8b75f8               | mov                 esi, dword ptr [ebp - 8]
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi
            //   8bc6                 | mov                 eax, esi

        $sequence_1 = { 8b5c2410 8bc2 55 8b29 56 8b30 57 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   8b5c2410             | mov                 ebx, dword ptr [esp + 0x10]
            //   8bc2                 | mov                 eax, edx
            //   55                   | push                ebp
            //   8b29                 | mov                 ebp, dword ptr [ecx]
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   8b30                 | mov                 esi, dword ptr [eax]
            //   57                   | push                edi

        $sequence_2 = { 85c9 7525 8bc7 47 83f814 7f1d ff15???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   85c9                 | test                ecx, ecx
            //   7525                 | jne                 0x27
            //   8bc7                 | mov                 eax, edi
            //   47                   | inc                 edi
            //   83f814               | cmp                 eax, 0x14
            //   7f1d                 | jg                  0x1f
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_3 = { 8b2d???????? d1f8 40 50 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   8b2d????????         |                     
            //   d1f8                 | sar                 eax, 1
            //   40                   | inc                 eax
            //   50                   | push                eax

        $sequence_4 = { 85c9 0f8442010000 8d55ec 52 895dec 8b01 6a01 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   85c9                 | test                ecx, ecx
            //   0f8442010000         | je                  0x148
            //   8d55ec               | lea                 edx, [ebp - 0x14]
            //   52                   | push                edx
            //   895dec               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x14], ebx
            //   8b01                 | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ecx]
            //   6a01                 | push                1

        $sequence_5 = { 50 8d942438020000 e8???????? 668b0d???????? 6a3a 8be8 58 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   8d942438020000       | lea                 edx, [esp + 0x238]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   668b0d????????       |                     
            //   6a3a                 | push                0x3a
            //   8be8                 | mov                 ebp, eax
            //   58                   | pop                 eax

        $sequence_6 = { 8d4618 50 57 8d45fc 68???????? 50 e8???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   8d4618               | lea                 eax, [esi + 0x18]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   8d45fc               | lea                 eax, [ebp - 4]
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_7 = { c3 8b0d???????? 85c9 751a 68000000f0 6a18 }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   c3                   | ret                 
            //   8b0d????????         |                     
            //   85c9                 | test                ecx, ecx
            //   751a                 | jne                 0x1c
            //   68000000f0           | push                0xf0000000
            //   6a18                 | push                0x18

        $sequence_8 = { 83c018 8bc8 89442438 e8???????? 8bf8 85ff 0f847b010000 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   83c018               | add                 eax, 0x18
            //   8bc8                 | mov                 ecx, eax
            //   89442438             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x38], eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8bf8                 | mov                 edi, eax
            //   85ff                 | test                edi, edi
            //   0f847b010000         | je                  0x181

        $sequence_9 = { 8b442410 83c60c 47 3bf8 72cd 8b742414 }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   8b442410             | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x10]
            //   83c60c               | add                 esi, 0xc
            //   47                   | inc                 edi
            //   3bf8                 | cmp                 edi, eax
            //   72cd                 | jb                  0xffffffcf
            //   8b742414             | mov                 esi, dword ptr [esp + 0x14]

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 131072
}
[TLP:WHITE] win_fuxsocy_w0   (20191031 | A ransomware tweeted about by @malwrhunterteam)
rule win_fuxsocy_w0 {
    meta:
        author = "Stephan Simon <stephan.simon@binarydefense.com>"
        date = "2019-10-24"
        description = "A ransomware tweeted about by @malwrhunterteam"
        modified = "2019-10-24"
        reference = "https://twitter.com/malwrhunterteam/status/1187360440734625798"
        tlp = "WHITE"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.fuxsocy"
        malpedia_version = "20191031"
        malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"

    strings:
        $n1 = "FuxSocy_Evaluated" wide
        $n2 = "FuxSocy_InstallPlace" wide
        $n3 = "FuxSocy_Instance" wide
 
        $s1 = "{RAND}" wide
        $s2 = "\\x*x.exe" wide
        $s3 = "%.4d-%.2d-%.2dT%.2d:%.2d:%.2d" wide
        $s4 = "PT1M" wide
        $s5 = "PT0S" wide
        $s6 = "/d /c taskkill /f /pid %d > NUL & ping -n 1 127.0.0.1 > NUL & del \"%s\" > NUL & exit" wide
        $s7 = "/d /c start \"\" \"%s\"" wide
        $s8 = "Win32_ShadowCopy.ID='%s'" wide
        $s9 = "SuperHidden" wide
        $s10 = "ShowSuperHidden" wide
        $s11 = "Shell.IPC.%s" wide
        $s12 = "\\StringFileInfo\\%04x%04x\\%s" wide

    condition:
        filesize <= 100KB and
        (1 of ($n*) or 4 of ($s*))
}
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