SYMBOLCOMMON_NAMEaka. SYNONYMS
win.lightneuron (Back to overview)

LightNeuron

aka: NETTRANS, XTRANS

Actor(s): Turla

VTCollection    

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References
2020-03-12ESET ResearchMatthieu Faou
Tracking Turla: New backdoor delivered via Armenian watering holes
LightNeuron Mosquito NetFlash Skipper
2020-03-04CrowdStrikeCrowdStrike
2020 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report
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2020-02-13QianxinQi Anxin Threat Intelligence Center
APT Report 2019
Chrysaor Exodus Dacls VPNFilter DNSRat Griffon KopiLuwak More_eggs SQLRat AppleJeus BONDUPDATER Agent.BTZ Anchor AndroMut AppleJeus BOOSTWRITE Brambul Carbanak Cobalt Strike Dacls DistTrack DNSpionage Dtrack ELECTRICFISH FlawedAmmyy FlawedGrace Get2 Grateful POS HOPLIGHT Imminent Monitor RAT jason Joanap KerrDown KEYMARBLE Lambert LightNeuron LoJax MiniDuke PolyglotDuke PowerRatankba Rising Sun SDBbot ServHelper Snatch Stuxnet TinyMet tRat TrickBot Volgmer X-Agent Zebrocy
2020-01-01SecureworksSecureWorks
IRON HUNTER
Agent.BTZ Cobra Carbon System LightNeuron Mosquito Nautilus Neuron Skipper Uroburos Turla
2019-12-19Youtube (FireEye Inc.)Adrien Bataille, Anders Vejlby
Do You Know What's On Your Exchange Server?
LightNeuron
2019-06-20SymantecSymantec DeepSight Adversary Intelligence Team, Symantec Network Protection Security Labs
Waterbug: Espionage Group Rolls Out Brand-New Toolset in Attacks Against Governments
LightNeuron
2019-05-07ESET ResearchMatthieu Faou
Turla LightNeuron: An email too far
LightNeuron
2019-05-01ESET ResearchMatthieu Faou
TURLA LIGHTNEURON: One email away from remote code execution
LightNeuron
2018-07-10Kaspersky LabsGReAT
APT Trends Report Q2 2018
LightNeuron PoorWeb
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_lightneuron_auto (20251219 | Detects win.lightneuron.)
rule win_lightneuron_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-01-05"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.lightneuron."
        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.lightneuron"
        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 = { 488b0d???????? 4885d2 480f45ca ff15???????? 488b4b08 8d5001 e8???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   488b0d????????       |                     
            //   4885d2               | dec                 eax
            //   480f45ca             | mov                 eax, ebx
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   488b4b08             | dec                 eax
            //   8d5001               | mov                 ebx, dword ptr [esp + 0x38]
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_1 = { 448830 e8???????? 85c0 744e 488bcb e8???????? 41ffc4 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   448830               | test                eax, eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   85c0                 | dec                 esp
            //   744e                 | cmovne              eax, eax
            //   488bcb               | dec                 eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   41ffc4               | lea                 eax, [esp + 0x58]

        $sequence_2 = { 488bd3 4c0f45c8 488b05???????? 488bcf 4885c0 4c0f45c0 e8???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   488bd3               | dec                 esp
            //   4c0f45c8             | lea                 ecx, [esp + 0x40]
            //   488b05????????       |                     
            //   488bcf               | dec                 esp
            //   4885c0               | mov                 eax, esi
            //   4c0f45c0             | dec                 eax
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_3 = { c744244801000000 85ff 0f8598080000 488b8c24d8000000 4883f901 7304 33c0 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   c744244801000000     | idiv                ecx
            //   85ff                 | mov                 ecx, eax
            //   0f8598080000         | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x40]
            //   488b8c24d8000000     | inc                 esp
            //   4883f901             | lea                 ecx, [eax + ecx + 0x10]
            //   7304                 | inc                 esp
            //   33c0                 | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x40]

        $sequence_4 = { 2bd8 78ef 4863db 488bd5 4803de 488bcb }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   2bd8                 | mov                 ebp, dword ptr [esp + 0xf8]
            //   78ef                 | dec                 eax
            //   4863db               | add                 esp, 0x110
            //   488bd5               | inc                 ecx
            //   4803de               | pop                 edi
            //   488bcb               | inc                 ecx

        $sequence_5 = { e8???????? 488bc7 41be01000000 458d4603 33d2 488bcf 4c89742470 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   488bc7               | shr                 eax, 0x10
            //   41be01000000         | movzx               ecx, al
            //   458d4603             | inc                 ecx
            //   33d2                 | movzx               eax, cl
            //   488bcf               | inc                 ebp
            //   4c89742470           | xor                 eax, dword ptr [esi + ecx*4 + 0x3e1c0]

        $sequence_6 = { 4883ec38 488b4c2440 ff15???????? 89442420 837c2420ff 7507 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   4883ec38             | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [edi + 0xa8]
            //   488b4c2440           | dec                 esp
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   89442420             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x40], esi
            //   837c2420ff           | dec                 esp
            //   7507                 | lea                 eax, [esp + 0x60]

        $sequence_7 = { 4885ed 7437 4885c0 7432 488d7501 483bf0 7729 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   4885ed               | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x30], 0xffffffff
            //   7437                 | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x30]
            //   4885c0               | dec                 eax
            //   7432                 | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x50]
            //   488d7501             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x20], eax
            //   483bf0               | dec                 eax
            //   7729                 | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x58]

        $sequence_8 = { 0fb6c8 410fb6c1 339c8dc0e90300 339c8580d50300 418bc1 41c1e910 41335d04 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   0fb6c8               | inc                 ecx
            //   410fb6c1             | movzx               eax, dl
            //   339c8dc0e90300       | inc                 ebp
            //   339c8580d50300       | xor                 eax, dword ptr [esi + eax*4 + 0x3f1c0]
            //   418bc1               | inc                 ecx
            //   41c1e910             | mov                 eax, ecx
            //   41335d04             | inc                 ebp

        $sequence_9 = { 4c89742428 4489742420 e8???????? 418bee 488b05???????? 488b15???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   4c89742428           | shr                 eax, 0xe
            //   4489742420           | mov                 ecx, eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   418bee               | dec                 eax
            //   488b05????????       |                     
            //   488b15????????       |                     

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 573440
}
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