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 = "2026-05-04" 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 = "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 = { 8d4c241c e8???????? 8bf0 83c404 85f6 7524 0f10842468010000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8d4c241c | lea ecx, [esp + 0x1c] // e8???????? | // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 83c404 | add esp, 4 // 85f6 | test esi, esi // 7524 | jne 0x26 // 0f10842468010000 | movups xmm0, xmmword ptr [esp + 0x168] $sequence_1 = { 8b35???????? ffd6 ff37 8d85c8f3ffff 50 ffd6 68???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b35???????? | // ffd6 | call esi // ff37 | push dword ptr [edi] // 8d85c8f3ffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0xc38] // 50 | push eax // ffd6 | call esi // 68???????? | $sequence_2 = { 6a00 8d45f8 50 ff7508 ff75fc 56 ff15???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 6a00 | push 0 // 8d45f8 | lea eax, [ebp - 8] // 50 | push eax // ff7508 | push dword ptr [ebp + 8] // ff75fc | push dword ptr [ebp - 4] // 56 | push esi // ff15???????? | $sequence_3 = { 8901 8bc2 8b4db8 c1e017 c1fa09 33c2 8b957cffffff } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8901 | mov dword ptr [ecx], eax // 8bc2 | mov eax, edx // 8b4db8 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x48] // c1e017 | shl eax, 0x17 // c1fa09 | sar edx, 9 // 33c2 | xor eax, edx // 8b957cffffff | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x84] $sequence_4 = { b9f0ffffff 894dfc e9???????? 8b4304 3bc1 7360 } // n = 6, score = 100 // b9f0ffffff | mov ecx, 0xfffffff0 // 894dfc | mov dword ptr [ebp - 4], ecx // e9???????? | // 8b4304 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebx + 4] // 3bc1 | cmp eax, ecx // 7360 | jae 0x62 $sequence_5 = { 8bf8 83c404 85ff 750a 8b4dc8 0f1045ec } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8bf8 | mov edi, eax // 83c404 | add esp, 4 // 85ff | test edi, edi // 750a | jne 0xc // 8b4dc8 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x38] // 0f1045ec | movups xmm0, xmmword ptr [ebp - 0x14] $sequence_6 = { 03da 33c3 23c7 8dbaf8a3effc 33c2 05ed145a45 0345e0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 03da | add ebx, edx // 33c3 | xor eax, ebx // 23c7 | and eax, edi // 8dbaf8a3effc | lea edi, [edx - 0x3105c08] // 33c2 | xor eax, edx // 05ed145a45 | add eax, 0x455a14ed // 0345e0 | add eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x20] $sequence_7 = { 6bc830 8b0495d8ed4200 f644082801 7414 8d4508 8945fc 8d45fc } // n = 7, score = 100 // 6bc830 | imul ecx, eax, 0x30 // 8b0495d8ed4200 | mov eax, dword ptr [edx*4 + 0x42edd8] // f644082801 | test byte ptr [eax + ecx + 0x28], 1 // 7414 | je 0x16 // 8d4508 | lea eax, [ebp + 8] // 8945fc | mov dword ptr [ebp - 4], eax // 8d45fc | lea eax, [ebp - 4] $sequence_8 = { 85c9 7460 85ff 0f84c6000000 51 8d4de8 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 85c9 | test ecx, ecx // 7460 | je 0x62 // 85ff | test edi, edi // 0f84c6000000 | je 0xcc // 51 | push ecx // 8d4de8 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x18] // e8???????? | $sequence_9 = { 7416 83f002 d1f8 8945b8 a801 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 7416 | je 0x18 // 83f002 | xor eax, 2 // d1f8 | sar eax, 1 // 8945b8 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x48], eax // a801 | test al, 1 condition: 7 of them and filesize < 586752 }
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