Ransomware overwriting the system's MBR, making it impossible to boot into Windows.
rule win_mbrlocker_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2024-10-31" version = "1" description = "Detects win.mbrlocker." 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.mbrlocker" 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 = { 50 8b35???????? 8b3d???????? 6a10 68???????? } // n = 5, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // 8b35???????? | // 8b3d???????? | // 6a10 | push 0x10 // 68???????? | $sequence_1 = { 68fe000000 68???????? ffd7 83c408 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 68fe000000 | push 0xfe // 68???????? | // ffd7 | call edi // 83c408 | add esp, 8 $sequence_2 = { 68ac000000 68???????? e8???????? 68ac000000 68???????? ffd7 83c408 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 68ac000000 | push 0xac // 68???????? | // e8???????? | // 68ac000000 | push 0xac // 68???????? | // ffd7 | call edi // 83c408 | add esp, 8 $sequence_3 = { c705????????ba514000 c705????????00020000 68fe000000 68???????? ffd6 83c408 68ff000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c705????????ba514000 | // c705????????00020000 | // 68fe000000 | push 0xfe // 68???????? | // ffd6 | call esi // 83c408 | add esp, 8 // 68ff000000 | push 0xff $sequence_4 = { 68ac000000 68???????? e8???????? e8???????? } // n = 4, score = 100 // 68ac000000 | push 0xac // 68???????? | // e8???????? | // e8???????? | $sequence_5 = { 68ff000000 68ac000000 68???????? e8???????? e8???????? 68ff000000 68ac000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 68ff000000 | push 0xff // 68ac000000 | push 0xac // 68???????? | // e8???????? | // e8???????? | // 68ff000000 | push 0xff // 68ac000000 | push 0xac $sequence_6 = { ac 30c8 aa 4a 75f9 61 c9 } // n = 7, score = 100 // ac | lodsb al, byte ptr [esi] // 30c8 | xor al, cl // aa | stosb byte ptr es:[edi], al // 4a | dec edx // 75f9 | jne 0xfffffffb // 61 | popal // c9 | leave $sequence_7 = { 68fe000000 68???????? e8???????? 68fe000000 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 68fe000000 | push 0xfe // 68???????? | // e8???????? | // 68fe000000 | push 0xfe $sequence_8 = { 68fe000000 68???????? e8???????? e8???????? 68ff000000 68fe000000 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 68fe000000 | push 0xfe // 68???????? | // e8???????? | // e8???????? | // 68ff000000 | push 0xff // 68fe000000 | push 0xfe $sequence_9 = { 31c8 e8???????? 68ac000000 68???????? } // n = 4, score = 100 // 31c8 | xor eax, ecx // e8???????? | // 68ac000000 | push 0xac // 68???????? | condition: 7 of them and filesize < 43008 }
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