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win.industrial_spy (Back to overview)

Industrial Spy

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A ransomware that emerged in April 2022.

References
2022-08-01ZscalerAtinderpal Singh
Technical Analysis of Industrial Spy Ransomware
Industrial Spy
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_industrial_spy_auto (20260504 | Detects win.industrial_spy.)
rule win_industrial_spy_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.industrial_spy."
        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.industrial_spy"
        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 = { 448bcf 4c8d442460 488bd6 488bce 4103dc e8???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   448bcf               | mov                 edx, 1
            //   4c8d442460           | jbe                 0x612
            //   488bd6               | mov                 eax, ebx
            //   488bce               | xor                 edx, edx
            //   4103dc               | dec                 eax
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_1 = { 0f8f8dfeffff 4c8bb424a8010000 ff15???????? 488bc8 4d8bc5 33d2 ff15???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   0f8f8dfeffff         | add                 eax, ebx
            //   4c8bb424a8010000     | inc                 ecx
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   488bc8               | mov                 eax, eax
            //   4d8bc5               | inc                 ebp
            //   33d2                 | lea                 edx, [ebx + 0x289b7ec6]
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_2 = { 0f8408010000 8b4c2448 488d1502dffeff 2b4c244c 41b826000000 894c2448 0f8542fcffff }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   0f8408010000         | je                  0x41e
            //   8b4c2448             | xor                 edx, dword ptr [ebx + 0x90]
            //   488d1502dffeff       | inc                 esp
            //   2b4c244c             | xor                 eax, dword ptr [ebx + 0x94]
            //   41b826000000         | inc                 esp
            //   894c2448             | mov                 dword ptr [ebx + 0x84], eax
            //   0f8542fcffff         | mov                 dword ptr [ebx + 0x80], edx

        $sequence_3 = { 0f31 48c1e220 480bc2 833900 e9???????? 83650b00 488d5567 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   0f31                 | lea                 eax, [edi*8]
            //   48c1e220             | dec                 edx
            //   480bc2               | lea                 edx, [eax + eax]
            //   833900               | dec                 eax
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   83650b00             | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x10], eax
            //   488d5567             | inc                 ebp

        $sequence_4 = { 41c1e608 440bf0 420fb6441201 41c1e608 440bf0 83bb9001000000 7419 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   41c1e608             | dec                 eax
            //   440bf0               | mov                 ebx, ecx
            //   420fb6441201         | dec                 ecx
            //   41c1e608             | mov                 eax, edx
            //   440bf0               | inc                 ebp
            //   83bb9001000000       | mov                 esi, ecx
            //   7419                 | dec                 eax

        $sequence_5 = { eb18 4885c9 750b 488d0d3df40000 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   eb18                 | inc                 edi
            //   4885c9               | dec                 esp
            //   750b                 | sub                 ebx, ebx
            //   488d0d3df40000       | dec                 esi

        $sequence_6 = { 85c0 0f840b010000 488d05f6030100 4a8b04e8 42385cf838 }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   85c0                 | inc                 ebp
            //   0f840b010000         | imul                edx, eax
            //   488d05f6030100       | inc                 ecx
            //   4a8b04e8             | mov                 edx, ecx
            //   42385cf838           | imul                edx, eax

        $sequence_7 = { e8???????? 488d4c2450 ff15???????? 488364242000 4c8d4d88 448bc0 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   488d4c2450           | inc                 ecx
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   488364242000         | rol                 ecx, 5
            //   4c8d4d88             | inc                 ebp
            //   448bc0               | add                 ecx, edx

        $sequence_8 = { 837c8dc000 7508 ffca 4883e901 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   837c8dc000           | lea                 ecx, [0xeb3d]
            //   7508                 | dec                 eax
            //   ffca                 | mov                 dword ptr [ecx + eax], 2
            //   4883e901             | mov                 eax, 8

        $sequence_9 = { 418be9 48c1f806 488d0de0080100 4183e23f }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   418be9               | movzx               eax, ax
            //   48c1f806             | inc                 ecx
            //   488d0de0080100       | shr                 ecx, 0x10
            //   4183e23f             | inc                 ebp

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 339968
}
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