Actor(s): Turla
A keylogger used by Turla.
rule win_ksl0t_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" version = "1" description = "Detects win.ksl0t." 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.ksl0t" 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 = { 52 53 894648 ffd7 89464c 8d842468020000 50 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 52 | push edx // 53 | push ebx // 894648 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x48], eax // ffd7 | call edi // 89464c | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x4c], eax // 8d842468020000 | lea eax, [esp + 0x268] // 50 | push eax $sequence_1 = { 85c0 7531 4c8d056c3d0000 488d0da6a70000 bafb020000 e8???????? 85c0 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7531 | jne 0x33 // 4c8d056c3d0000 | dec esp // 488d0da6a70000 | lea eax, [0x3d6c] // bafb020000 | dec eax // e8???????? | // 85c0 | lea ecx, [0xa7a6] $sequence_2 = { ffd7 89465c 8d442438 50 53 } // n = 5, score = 200 // ffd7 | call edi // 89465c | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x5c], eax // 8d442438 | lea eax, [esp + 0x38] // 50 | push eax // 53 | push ebx $sequence_3 = { 888424d3020000 c68424d402000026 c68424d502000026 c68424d60200001c c68424d702000031 } // n = 5, score = 200 // 888424d3020000 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x2d3], al // c68424d402000026 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x2d4], 0x26 // c68424d502000026 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x2d5], 0x26 // c68424d60200001c | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x2d6], 0x1c // c68424d702000031 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x2d7], 0x31 $sequence_4 = { 4881c22c010000 41b804000000 488d0d05e40000 ff15???????? e9???????? 488d1533c10000 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 4881c22c010000 | cmp dword ptr [eax], 0xa2 // 41b804000000 | je 0x47 // 488d0d05e40000 | dec eax // ff15???????? | // e9???????? | // 488d1533c10000 | cmp dword ptr [esp + 0x1628], 0x100 $sequence_5 = { 488d8c2400030000 e8???????? ba18000000 488d8c24a0000000 e8???????? ba0d000000 488d8c2480030000 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 488d8c2400030000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x10], edx // e8???????? | // ba18000000 | dec eax // 488d8c24a0000000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 8], ecx // e8???????? | // ba0d000000 | dec eax // 488d8c2480030000 | sub esp, 0x408 $sequence_6 = { 4883c202 488d8c24b0020000 ff15???????? 488b8c2400090000 ff15???????? } // n = 5, score = 200 // 4883c202 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x96], 0x3a // 488d8c24b0020000 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x97], 0x31 // ff15???????? | // 488b8c2400090000 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x98], 0x30 // ff15???????? | $sequence_7 = { 8138a3000000 744c 488b442450 8138a2000000 743f 4881bc242816000000010000 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 8138a3000000 | mov edx, 0x2fb // 744c | test eax, eax // 488b442450 | cmp dword ptr [eax], 0xa3 // 8138a2000000 | je 0x4e // 743f | dec eax // 4881bc242816000000010000 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x50] $sequence_8 = { c684248900000039 c684248a00000039 888c248b000000 c644244438 c644244526 } // n = 5, score = 200 // c684248900000039 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x89], 0x39 // c684248a00000039 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x8a], 0x39 // 888c248b000000 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x8b], cl // c644244438 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x44], 0x38 // c644244526 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x45], 0x26 $sequence_9 = { c684246d01000027 889c246e010000 c684246f01000020 c684247001000034 c684247101000039 } // n = 5, score = 200 // c684246d01000027 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x16d], 0x27 // 889c246e010000 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x16e], bl // c684246f01000020 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x16f], 0x20 // c684247001000034 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x170], 0x34 // c684247101000039 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x171], 0x39 $sequence_10 = { 03c0 50 8d85000c0000 50 68???????? } // n = 5, score = 200 // 03c0 | add eax, eax // 50 | push eax // 8d85000c0000 | lea eax, [ebp + 0xc00] // 50 | push eax // 68???????? | $sequence_11 = { 53 ff15???????? 85c0 0f85b6000000 6a1c 68???????? 57 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 53 | push ebx // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 0f85b6000000 | jne 0xbc // 6a1c | push 0x1c // 68???????? | // 57 | push edi $sequence_12 = { 68???????? e8???????? 83c40c 8b9510150000 } // n = 4, score = 200 // 68???????? | // e8???????? | // 83c40c | add esp, 0xc // 8b9510150000 | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x1510] $sequence_13 = { c684249500000036 c68424960000003a c684249700000031 c684249800000030 c684249900000010 } // n = 5, score = 200 // c684249500000036 | dec eax // c68424960000003a | lea edx, [0xc133] // c684249700000031 | dec esp // c684249800000030 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x18], eax // c684249900000010 | dec eax $sequence_14 = { 488dbc2492040000 33c0 b9fe030000 f3aa 33c0 } // n = 5, score = 200 // 488dbc2492040000 | dec eax // 33c0 | xor eax, esp // b9fe030000 | dec eax // f3aa | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x3f0], eax // 33c0 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x95], 0x36 $sequence_15 = { 4c89442418 4889542410 48894c2408 4881ec08040000 488b05???????? 4833c4 48898424f0030000 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 4c89442418 | dec eax // 4889542410 | add edx, 0x12c // 48894c2408 | inc ecx // 4881ec08040000 | mov eax, 4 // 488b05???????? | // 4833c4 | dec eax // 48898424f0030000 | lea ecx, [0xe405] condition: 7 of them and filesize < 196608 }
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