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 = "2026-09-17" 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 = "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 = { 486bc000 488d0d1adc0100 8b542430 48891401 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 486bc000 | mov eax, eax // 488d0d1adc0100 | dec eax // 8b542430 | lea edx, [0x1b383] // 48891401 | dec eax $sequence_1 = { 48894a08 488d4808 e8???????? 488d0511250100 488903 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 48894a08 | dec eax // 488d4808 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebx] // e8???????? | // 488d0511250100 | mov byte ptr [eax], 0 // 488903 | jmp 0x551 $sequence_2 = { 0f82df000000 48c1e82c 660feb15???????? 660feb0d???????? 4c8d0dc4af0000 f20f5cca f2410f590cc1 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 0f82df000000 | dec eax // 48c1e82c | inc eax // 660feb15???????? | // 660feb0d???????? | // 4c8d0dc4af0000 | dec eax // f20f5cca | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp] // f2410f590cc1 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x20], 0 $sequence_3 = { 7479 488d0dd2260100 483bc1 746d 488b83e0000000 4885c0 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 7479 | dec ecx // 488d0dd2260100 | or ecx, 0xffffffff // 483bc1 | dec eax // 746d | lea edx, [ebp - 0x58] // 488b83e0000000 | dec eax // 4885c0 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x30] $sequence_4 = { 4c8bc3 488bd0 488d4d80 e8???????? 488bc8 e8???????? 90 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4c8bc3 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x58] // 488bd0 | dec eax // 488d4d80 | mov ecx, eax // e8???????? | // 488bc8 | dec esp // e8???????? | // 90 | lea eax, [ebp - 0x38] $sequence_5 = { 57 4883ec20 418bf0 4c8d0d77c30000 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 57 | xor ecx, ecx // 4883ec20 | test eax, eax // 418bf0 | dec eax // 4c8d0d77c30000 | lea ecx, [0x12471] $sequence_6 = { 498be8 4c8bea 4b8b8cfee0400200 4c8b15???????? 4883cfff } // n = 5, score = 100 // 498be8 | lea eax, [ebp - 0x58] // 4c8bea | dec eax // 4b8b8cfee0400200 | cmp ecx, 0x10 // 4c8b15???????? | // 4883cfff | dec ecx $sequence_7 = { 7205 488b0b eb03 488bcb 4a8d1441 482bf5 4c8d3436 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 7205 | dec eax // 488b0b | cmp eax, ebx // eb03 | je 0x87e // 488bcb | dec eax // 4a8d1441 | lea edx, [esp + 0x30] // 482bf5 | dec eax // 4c8d3436 | lea ecx, [eax + 0x10] $sequence_8 = { 44896c2444 418d45ff 0fb68c8282e30100 0fb6b48283e30100 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 44896c2444 | jae 0xd8 // 418d45ff | inc eax // 0fb68c8282e30100 | mov byte ptr [esi], bh // 0fb6b48283e30100 | inc ebp $sequence_9 = { e8???????? cc 4883f927 0f866f030000 e8???????? cc } // n = 6, score = 100 // e8???????? | // cc | lea eax, [esi + 3] // 4883f927 | dec eax // 0f866f030000 | lea ecx, [0x1cc4b] // e8???????? | // cc | dec eax condition: 7 of them and filesize < 331776 }
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