Actor(s): IcePeony
According to nao_sec, this malware is a simple passive-mode backdoor that is installed as a service.
rule win_ice_event_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" version = "1" description = "Detects win.ice_event." 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.ice_event" malpedia_rule_date = "20260422" malpedia_hash = "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14" malpedia_version = "20260504" 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 = { 4533c0 488d55c8 488d4c2430 e8???????? 488d4c2430 e8???????? } // n = 6, score = 100 // 4533c0 | mov ecx, eax // 488d55c8 | nop // 488d4c2430 | dec eax // e8???????? | // 488d4c2430 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x48] // e8???????? | $sequence_1 = { 4533c0 33d2 33c9 ff15???????? 488d0d8f870100 eb0c 83f901 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4533c0 | dec eax // 33d2 | lea ecx, [ebp + 0x38] // 33c9 | dec eax // ff15???????? | // 488d0d8f870100 | mov eax, esi // eb0c | dec eax // 83f901 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x78] $sequence_2 = { 8d41ff 8b848218e40100 85c0 745b 83f801 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 8d41ff | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x40], 0 // 8b848218e40100 | dec eax // 85c0 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x48] // 745b | dec eax // 83f801 | cmp eax, 0x10 $sequence_3 = { cc 488bc8 e8???????? 4c896c2450 48c74424580f000000 } // n = 5, score = 100 // cc | lea ecx, [0x1e663] // 488bc8 | inc ebp // e8???????? | // 4c896c2450 | xor eax, eax // 48c74424580f000000 | dec eax $sequence_4 = { c645e800 488b4520 4883f810 0f822c020000 48ffc0 488b4d08 483d00100000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c645e800 | lea eax, [0xdefd] // 488b4520 | and ecx, 0x3f // 4883f810 | test ecx, ecx // 0f822c020000 | js 0x918 // 48ffc0 | jae 0x912 // 488b4d08 | dec eax // 483d00100000 | mov edi, ebx $sequence_5 = { 448905???????? 33c0 4883c410 5b c3 4883ec38 488d05659a0000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 448905???????? | // 33c0 | dec eax // 4883c410 | cmp dword ptr [ecx + 0x18], edi // 5b | mov byte ptr [ebx], 0 // c3 | mov eax, esi // 4883ec38 | dec eax // 488d05659a0000 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x78] $sequence_6 = { 7225 4883f927 7719 488bc8 e8???????? } // n = 5, score = 100 // 7225 | lea ecx, [edx + 0x108] // 4883f927 | dec eax // 7719 | lea ecx, [edx + 0xe8] // 488bc8 | dec eax // e8???????? | $sequence_7 = { 90 4c8d051cbe0100 488bd0 488d4da0 e8???????? 90 4c8bc3 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 90 | ja 0xd6 // 4c8d051cbe0100 | dec eax // 488bd0 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ecx + 0x18] // 488d4da0 | dec eax // e8???????? | // 90 | cmp ecx, eax // 4c8bc3 | je 0xd6 $sequence_8 = { 83f8ff 7504 32c0 eb1b 488d15c6b10100 8bc8 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 83f8ff | dec eax // 7504 | mov edx, dword ptr [edi] // 32c0 | jmp 0xef // eb1b | dec eax // 488d15c6b10100 | mov edx, edi // 8bc8 | dec eax // e8???????? | $sequence_9 = { 488d55e8 488d4da8 e8???????? 90 4c8d4508 488d15f0e90100 488d4c2458 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488d55e8 | add esp, 0x28 // 488d4da8 | inc ecx // e8???????? | // 90 | pop esi // 4c8d4508 | pop edi // 488d15f0e90100 | pop esi // 488d4c2458 | pop ebx condition: 7 of them and filesize < 331776 }
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