Ransomware family closely related to GlobeImposter, notable for its use of SHACAL-2 encryption algorithm.
rule win_maoloa_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.maoloa." 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.maoloa" 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 = { 7539 68???????? ff36 e8???????? 83c408 85c0 7526 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 7539 | jne 0x3b // 68???????? | // ff36 | push dword ptr [esi] // e8???????? | // 83c408 | add esp, 8 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7526 | jne 0x28 $sequence_1 = { 90 ff0f 8d4dd8 33d2 e8???????? 8bf0 85f6 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 90 | nop // ff0f | dec dword ptr [edi] // 8d4dd8 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x28] // 33d2 | xor edx, edx // e8???????? | // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 85f6 | test esi, esi $sequence_2 = { eb2a 8b7de8 eb1d 56 8bd3 8d4de8 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // eb2a | jmp 0x2c // 8b7de8 | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp - 0x18] // eb1d | jmp 0x1f // 56 | push esi // 8bd3 | mov edx, ebx // 8d4de8 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x18] // e8???????? | $sequence_3 = { c1fb05 33c3 33856cffffff 8901 0f31 89857cffffff } // n = 6, score = 100 // c1fb05 | sar ebx, 5 // 33c3 | xor eax, ebx // 33856cffffff | xor eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x94] // 8901 | mov dword ptr [ecx], eax // 0f31 | rdtsc // 89857cffffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x84], eax $sequence_4 = { 8d85dcfbffff 8bcf 50 ffb5d0fbffff ffb5c8fbffff e8???????? } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8d85dcfbffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x424] // 8bcf | mov ecx, edi // 50 | push eax // ffb5d0fbffff | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x430] // ffb5c8fbffff | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x438] // e8???????? | $sequence_5 = { 8d4df4 e8???????? 8bf0 83c404 85f6 757e 85db } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8d4df4 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0xc] // e8???????? | // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 83c404 | add esp, 4 // 85f6 | test esi, esi // 757e | jne 0x80 // 85db | test ebx, ebx $sequence_6 = { c1e308 0fb68998f14200 33d9 8b4dfc 0fb6c9 c1e308 0fb68998f14200 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c1e308 | shl ebx, 8 // 0fb68998f14200 | movzx ecx, byte ptr [ecx + 0x42f198] // 33d9 | xor ebx, ecx // 8b4dfc | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 4] // 0fb6c9 | movzx ecx, cl // c1e308 | shl ebx, 8 // 0fb68998f14200 | movzx ecx, byte ptr [ecx + 0x42f198] $sequence_7 = { 50 e8???????? 8d4710 c7471400000000 c70000000000 83c40c 8985dcdfffff } // n = 7, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 8d4710 | lea eax, [edi + 0x10] // c7471400000000 | mov dword ptr [edi + 0x14], 0 // c70000000000 | mov dword ptr [eax], 0 // 83c40c | add esp, 0xc // 8985dcdfffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x2024], eax $sequence_8 = { 40 40 eb21 8b45b0 40 40 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 40 | inc eax // 40 | inc eax // eb21 | jmp 0x23 // 8b45b0 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x50] // 40 | inc eax // 40 | inc eax $sequence_9 = { 8d75dc bb10000000 2bd9 8d4830 8bc7 2bc6 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8d75dc | lea esi, [ebp - 0x24] // bb10000000 | mov ebx, 0x10 // 2bd9 | sub ebx, ecx // 8d4830 | lea ecx, [eax + 0x30] // 8bc7 | mov eax, edi // 2bc6 | sub eax, esi condition: 7 of them and filesize < 586752 }
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