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