Actor(s): Equation Group
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rule win_grok_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.grok." 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.grok" 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 = { 8b450c 56 57 8b7d08 03c7 8945fc } // n = 6, score = 400 // 8b450c | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // 56 | push esi // 57 | push edi // 8b7d08 | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 03c7 | add eax, edi // 8945fc | mov dword ptr [ebp - 4], eax $sequence_1 = { 393a 740a 41 83c240 3bce 72f4 } // n = 6, score = 400 // 393a | cmp dword ptr [edx], edi // 740a | je 0xc // 41 | inc ecx // 83c240 | add edx, 0x40 // 3bce | cmp ecx, esi // 72f4 | jb 0xfffffff6 $sequence_2 = { 059c010000 3930 741a ff30 56 e8???????? a1???????? } // n = 7, score = 400 // 059c010000 | add eax, 0x19c // 3930 | cmp dword ptr [eax], esi // 741a | je 0x1c // ff30 | push dword ptr [eax] // 56 | push esi // e8???????? | // a1???????? | $sequence_3 = { 394dfc 7507 b8250200c0 eb1b 8b55ec 8b4508 03420c } // n = 7, score = 400 // 394dfc | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 4], ecx // 7507 | jne 9 // b8250200c0 | mov eax, 0xc0000225 // eb1b | jmp 0x1d // 8b55ec | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x14] // 8b4508 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 03420c | add eax, dword ptr [edx + 0xc] $sequence_4 = { 3bc1 75f2 32db 6a00 ffb2c4010000 ff15???????? 8ac3 } // n = 7, score = 400 // 3bc1 | cmp eax, ecx // 75f2 | jne 0xfffffff4 // 32db | xor bl, bl // 6a00 | push 0 // ffb2c4010000 | push dword ptr [edx + 0x1c4] // ff15???????? | // 8ac3 | mov al, bl $sequence_5 = { 51 8b5514 52 6a01 8d85e0feffff 50 68???????? } // n = 7, score = 400 // 51 | push ecx // 8b5514 | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x14] // 52 | push edx // 6a01 | push 1 // 8d85e0feffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x120] // 50 | push eax // 68???????? | $sequence_6 = { 7408 8b00 3bc1 75f2 32db 6a00 ffb2c4010000 } // n = 7, score = 400 // 7408 | je 0xa // 8b00 | mov eax, dword ptr [eax] // 3bc1 | cmp eax, ecx // 75f2 | jne 0xfffffff4 // 32db | xor bl, bl // 6a00 | push 0 // ffb2c4010000 | push dword ptr [edx + 0x1c4] $sequence_7 = { 8975d8 668975dc 668975de 8975e0 668975e4 668975e6 8975e8 } // n = 7, score = 400 // 8975d8 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x28], esi // 668975dc | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x24], si // 668975de | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x22], si // 8975e0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x20], esi // 668975e4 | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x1c], si // 668975e6 | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x1a], si // 8975e8 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x18], esi $sequence_8 = { 51 51 834dfcff 53 8d45f8 50 } // n = 6, score = 400 // 51 | push ecx // 51 | push ecx // 834dfcff | or dword ptr [ebp - 4], 0xffffffff // 53 | push ebx // 8d45f8 | lea eax, [ebp - 8] // 50 | push eax $sequence_9 = { 721a ff30 e8???????? eb1d 83fe08 720c ff7004 } // n = 7, score = 400 // 721a | jb 0x1c // ff30 | push dword ptr [eax] // e8???????? | // eb1d | jmp 0x1f // 83fe08 | cmp esi, 8 // 720c | jb 0xe // ff7004 | push dword ptr [eax + 4] condition: 7 of them and filesize < 84992 }
rule win_grok_w0 { meta: author = "Kaspersky Lab" copyright = "Kaspersky Lab" description = "Rule to detect the crypto library used in Equation group malware" version = "1.0" last_modified = "2015-02-16" reference = "https://securelist.com/blog/" source = "https://github.com/mattulm/sfiles_yara/blob/master/malware/Equation.yar" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.grok" malpedia_version = "20170517" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" malpedia_license = "" strings: $a={37 DF E8 B6 C7 9C 0B AE 91 EF F0 3B 90 C6 80 85 5D 19 4B 45 44 12 3C E2 0D 5C 1C 7B C4 FF D6 05 17 14 4F 03 74 1E 41 DA 8F 7D DE 7E 99 F1 35 AC B8 46 93 CE 23 82 07 EB 2B D4 72 71 40 F3 B0 F7 78 D7 4C D1 55 1A 39 83 18 FA E1 9A 56 B1 96 AB A6 30 C5 5F BE 0C 50 C1} condition: $a }
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