Actor(s): APT34
The primary function of LONGWATCH is a keylogger that outputs keystrokes to a log.txt file in the Windows temp folder.
rule win_longwatch_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.longwatch." 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.longwatch" 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 = { c705????????dc334200 e8???????? 68???????? e8???????? 59 } // n = 5, score = 200 // c705????????dc334200 | // e8???????? | // 68???????? | // e8???????? | // 59 | pop ecx $sequence_1 = { 59 eb15 85db 7507 c74634d46e4200 } // n = 5, score = 200 // 59 | pop ecx // eb15 | jmp 0x17 // 85db | test ebx, ebx // 7507 | jne 9 // c74634d46e4200 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x34], 0x426ed4 $sequence_2 = { 8b0485a00b4300 33db 8b7508 57 } // n = 4, score = 200 // 8b0485a00b4300 | mov eax, dword ptr [eax*4 + 0x430ba0] // 33db | xor ebx, ebx // 8b7508 | mov esi, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 57 | push edi $sequence_3 = { 57 8bb0a0714200 8bce ff15???????? ffd6 } // n = 5, score = 200 // 57 | push edi // 8bb0a0714200 | mov esi, dword ptr [eax + 0x4271a0] // 8bce | mov ecx, esi // ff15???????? | // ffd6 | call esi $sequence_4 = { 8b0485a00b4300 88540828 8b0b 8bc1 83e13f } // n = 5, score = 200 // 8b0485a00b4300 | mov eax, dword ptr [eax*4 + 0x430ba0] // 88540828 | mov byte ptr [eax + ecx + 0x28], dl // 8b0b | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebx] // 8bc1 | mov eax, ecx // 83e13f | and ecx, 0x3f $sequence_5 = { e9???????? c745dc03000000 c745e010954200 e9???????? 83e80f 7451 } // n = 6, score = 200 // e9???????? | // c745dc03000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x24], 3 // c745e010954200 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x20], 0x429510 // e9???????? | // 83e80f | sub eax, 0xf // 7451 | je 0x53 $sequence_6 = { 6a31 e9???????? 6a32 e9???????? 6a33 } // n = 5, score = 200 // 6a31 | push 0x31 // e9???????? | // 6a32 | push 0x32 // e9???????? | // 6a33 | push 0x33 $sequence_7 = { 8bff 55 8bec 8b4d08 33c0 663b8850934200 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 8bff | mov edi, edi // 55 | push ebp // 8bec | mov ebp, esp // 8b4d08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 663b8850934200 | cmp cx, word ptr [eax + 0x429350] $sequence_8 = { ff15???????? 663bc6 0f850f030000 ff15???????? 8bf8 } // n = 5, score = 200 // ff15???????? | // 663bc6 | cmp ax, si // 0f850f030000 | jne 0x315 // ff15???????? | // 8bf8 | mov edi, eax $sequence_9 = { 8b048da00b4300 f644382848 58 743a 668b55fc 663bd0 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 8b048da00b4300 | mov eax, dword ptr [ecx*4 + 0x430ba0] // f644382848 | test byte ptr [eax + edi + 0x28], 0x48 // 58 | pop eax // 743a | je 0x3c // 668b55fc | mov dx, word ptr [ebp - 4] // 663bd0 | cmp dx, ax condition: 7 of them and filesize < 647168 }
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