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 = "2026-01-05" 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 = "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 = { 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 = { 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 = { 53 ff15???????? 85c0 7595 53 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 53 | push ebx // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7595 | jne 0xffffff97 // 53 | push ebx $sequence_3 = { 8b4d0c 81ff00040000 7615 5f b8fcffffff 5b 8b4dfc } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b4d0c | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // 81ff00040000 | cmp edi, 0x400 // 7615 | jbe 0x17 // 5f | pop edi // b8fcffffff | mov eax, 0xfffffffc // 5b | pop ebx // 8b4dfc | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 4] $sequence_4 = { 897018 8bcb 895d08 c1e918 89581c 0fb69998f14200 8b4d08 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 897018 | mov dword ptr [eax + 0x18], esi // 8bcb | mov ecx, ebx // 895d08 | mov dword ptr [ebp + 8], ebx // c1e918 | shr ecx, 0x18 // 89581c | mov dword ptr [eax + 0x1c], ebx // 0fb69998f14200 | movzx ebx, byte ptr [ecx + 0x42f198] // 8b4d08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 8] $sequence_5 = { 8b45f4 8d1c9f 338310100000 81c710100000 314df0 8945f4 8b45ac } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b45f4 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0xc] // 8d1c9f | lea ebx, [edi + ebx*4] // 338310100000 | xor eax, dword ptr [ebx + 0x1010] // 81c710100000 | add edi, 0x1010 // 314df0 | xor dword ptr [ebp - 0x10], ecx // 8945f4 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0xc], eax // 8b45ac | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x54] $sequence_6 = { 8d4dd8 33d2 e8???????? 8bf0 85f6 0f85dc010000 837dbc01 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8d4dd8 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x28] // 33d2 | xor edx, edx // e8???????? | // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 85f6 | test esi, esi // 0f85dc010000 | jne 0x1e2 // 837dbc01 | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 0x44], 1 $sequence_7 = { c3 8b4d9c 53 52 33d2 e8???????? } // n = 6, score = 100 // c3 | ret // 8b4d9c | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x64] // 53 | push ebx // 52 | push edx // 33d2 | xor edx, edx // e8???????? | $sequence_8 = { 8bc6 c1e002 50 8b85b4f8ffff 0fb70485cc444200 8d0485c83b4200 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8bc6 | mov eax, esi // c1e002 | shl eax, 2 // 50 | push eax // 8b85b4f8ffff | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x74c] // 0fb70485cc444200 | movzx eax, word ptr [eax*4 + 0x4244cc] // 8d0485c83b4200 | lea eax, [eax*4 + 0x423bc8] $sequence_9 = { 8bf0 6a08 6a08 89742430 e8???????? 83c410 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 6a08 | push 8 // 6a08 | push 8 // 89742430 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x30], esi // e8???????? | // 83c410 | add esp, 0x10 condition: 7 of them and filesize < 586752 }
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