According to Recorded Future, IsaacWiper is a destructive malware that overwrites all physical disks and logical volumes on a victim’s machine.
rule win_isaacwiper_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.isaacwiper." 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.isaacwiper" malpedia_rule_date = "20260105" malpedia_hash = "19b79e7cab4eaf532122e5b45a77dd8f6bb5cc79" malpedia_version = "20251219" 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 = { 3bc8 737f 2bf9 8b4c2430 3bcf 0f8245020000 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 3bc8 | cmp ecx, eax // 737f | jae 0x81 // 2bf9 | sub edi, ecx // 8b4c2430 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x30] // 3bcf | cmp ecx, edi // 0f8245020000 | jb 0x24b $sequence_1 = { 03c2 3bc3 8b5df4 72d5 eb37 83f802 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 03c2 | add eax, edx // 3bc3 | cmp eax, ebx // 8b5df4 | mov ebx, dword ptr [ebp - 0xc] // 72d5 | jb 0xffffffd7 // eb37 | jmp 0x39 // 83f802 | cmp eax, 2 $sequence_2 = { 83e03f c1f906 6bf038 03348de8670310 837e18ff 740c 837e18fe } // n = 7, score = 100 // 83e03f | and eax, 0x3f // c1f906 | sar ecx, 6 // 6bf038 | imul esi, eax, 0x38 // 03348de8670310 | add esi, dword ptr [ecx*4 + 0x100367e8] // 837e18ff | cmp dword ptr [esi + 0x18], -1 // 740c | je 0xe // 837e18fe | cmp dword ptr [esi + 0x18], -2 $sequence_3 = { 83c408 3bc3 8d48ff 0f46c1 014658 837e5815 7368 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 83c408 | add esp, 8 // 3bc3 | cmp eax, ebx // 8d48ff | lea ecx, [eax - 1] // 0f46c1 | cmovbe eax, ecx // 014658 | add dword ptr [esi + 0x58], eax // 837e5815 | cmp dword ptr [esi + 0x58], 0x15 // 7368 | jae 0x6a $sequence_4 = { 8b03 51 c744243007000000 8bcb 7445 ff501c 8d442430 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b03 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebx] // 51 | push ecx // c744243007000000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x30], 7 // 8bcb | mov ecx, ebx // 7445 | je 0x47 // ff501c | call dword ptr [eax + 0x1c] // 8d442430 | lea eax, [esp + 0x30] $sequence_5 = { 50 c7460800000000 c7461000000000 c7461400000000 e8???????? 83c404 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // c7460800000000 | mov dword ptr [esi + 8], 0 // c7461000000000 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x10], 0 // c7461400000000 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x14], 0 // e8???????? | // 83c404 | add esp, 4 $sequence_6 = { 3914c598c00210 7408 40 83f81d } // n = 4, score = 100 // 3914c598c00210 | cmp dword ptr [eax*8 + 0x1002c098], edx // 7408 | je 0xa // 40 | inc eax // 83f81d | cmp eax, 0x1d $sequence_7 = { e8???????? 8ac8 83c404 46 83c768 84c9 75e4 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 8ac8 | mov cl, al // 83c404 | add esp, 4 // 46 | inc esi // 83c768 | add edi, 0x68 // 84c9 | test cl, cl // 75e4 | jne 0xffffffe6 $sequence_8 = { 8b4d0c 83d900 8945e0 894ddc c745f800000000 897dd8 895df4 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b4d0c | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // 83d900 | sbb ecx, 0 // 8945e0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x20], eax // 894ddc | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x24], ecx // c745f800000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 8], 0 // 897dd8 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x28], edi // 895df4 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0xc], ebx $sequence_9 = { 69c9dfb00899 33ca 338c8634060000 890c86 40 3de3000000 72cf } // n = 7, score = 100 // 69c9dfb00899 | imul ecx, ecx, 0x9908b0df // 33ca | xor ecx, edx // 338c8634060000 | xor ecx, dword ptr [esi + eax*4 + 0x634] // 890c86 | mov dword ptr [esi + eax*4], ecx // 40 | inc eax // 3de3000000 | cmp eax, 0xe3 // 72cf | jb 0xffffffd1 condition: 7 of them and filesize < 467968 }
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