This ransomware modifies the master boot record of the victim's computer so that it shows a ransom note before Windows starts.
rule win_mbrlock_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2024-10-31" version = "1" description = "Detects win.mbrlock." 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.mbrlock" malpedia_rule_date = "20241030" malpedia_hash = "26e26953c49c8efafbf72a38076855d578e0a2e4" malpedia_version = "20241030" 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 = { 7e26 8b4510 57 83c004 53 50 ff15???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 7e26 | jle 0x28 // 8b4510 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10] // 57 | push edi // 83c004 | add eax, 4 // 53 | push ebx // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | $sequence_1 = { 50 ff15???????? 8b0d???????? 8945fc eb25 81ff34080000 7c39 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | // 8b0d???????? | // 8945fc | mov dword ptr [ebp - 4], eax // eb25 | jmp 0x27 // 81ff34080000 | cmp edi, 0x834 // 7c39 | jl 0x3b $sequence_2 = { 84c3 7521 8ad0 b980850110 0ad3 8815???????? } // n = 6, score = 100 // 84c3 | test bl, al // 7521 | jne 0x23 // 8ad0 | mov dl, al // b980850110 | mov ecx, 0x10018580 // 0ad3 | or dl, bl // 8815???????? | $sequence_3 = { 0bc1 894de8 7519 68fc5a0110 6a02 684b030000 68d4580110 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 0bc1 | or eax, ecx // 894de8 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x18], ecx // 7519 | jne 0x1b // 68fc5a0110 | push 0x10015afc // 6a02 | push 2 // 684b030000 | push 0x34b // 68d4580110 | push 0x100158d4 $sequence_4 = { 8965f0 8975ec 893e ff15???????? 50 8945e4 68a0620110 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8965f0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x10], esp // 8975ec | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x14], esi // 893e | mov dword ptr [esi], edi // ff15???????? | // 50 | push eax // 8945e4 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c], eax // 68a0620110 | push 0x100162a0 $sequence_5 = { e8???????? 8b442434 c744242000000000 83f803 0f87cb000000 ff248540504000 56 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 8b442434 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x34] // c744242000000000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x20], 0 // 83f803 | cmp eax, 3 // 0f87cb000000 | ja 0xd1 // ff248540504000 | jmp dword ptr [eax*4 + 0x405040] // 56 | push esi $sequence_6 = { 68d4580110 e8???????? 83c410 8b55c8 6a00 6a00 52 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 68d4580110 | push 0x100158d4 // e8???????? | // 83c410 | add esp, 0x10 // 8b55c8 | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x38] // 6a00 | push 0 // 6a00 | push 0 // 52 | push edx $sequence_7 = { 8b4508 c1f805 8d1c8500f74e00 8b4508 83e01f 8d34c0 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8b4508 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // c1f805 | sar eax, 5 // 8d1c8500f74e00 | lea ebx, [eax*4 + 0x4ef700] // 8b4508 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 83e01f | and eax, 0x1f // 8d34c0 | lea esi, [eax + eax*8] $sequence_8 = { 68af010000 6898610110 e8???????? 83c410 8b45ec 85c0 7416 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 68af010000 | push 0x1af // 6898610110 | push 0x10016198 // e8???????? | // 83c410 | add esp, 0x10 // 8b45ec | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x14] // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7416 | je 0x18 $sequence_9 = { c1e602 8932 5e b801000000 5b c21800 33c9 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c1e602 | shl esi, 2 // 8932 | mov dword ptr [edx], esi // 5e | pop esi // b801000000 | mov eax, 1 // 5b | pop ebx // c21800 | ret 0x18 // 33c9 | xor ecx, ecx condition: 7 of them and filesize < 2031616 }
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