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win.mindware (Back to overview)

Mindware

VTCollection    

Ransomware, potential rebranding of win.sfile.

References
2022-06-06SentinelOneNiranjan Jayanand
From the Front Lines | Another Rebrand? Mindware and SFile Ransomware Technical Breakdown
Mindware Sfile
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_mindware_auto (20260504 | Detects win.mindware.)
rule win_mindware_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.mindware."
        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.mindware"
        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 = { 894104 6a28 e8???????? 83c404 8945dc 837ddc00 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   894104               | mov                 dword ptr [ecx + 4], eax
            //   6a28                 | push                0x28
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c404               | add                 esp, 4
            //   8945dc               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x24], eax
            //   837ddc00             | cmp                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x24], 0

        $sequence_1 = { c78520edffffdcd64300 c78524edffffe4d64300 c78528edffffecd64300 c7852cedfffff4d64300 c78530edfffffcd64300 c78534edffff04d74300 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   c78520edffffdcd64300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x12e0], 0x43d6dc
            //   c78524edffffe4d64300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x12dc], 0x43d6e4
            //   c78528edffffecd64300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x12d8], 0x43d6ec
            //   c7852cedfffff4d64300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x12d4], 0x43d6f4
            //   c78530edfffffcd64300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x12d0], 0x43d6fc
            //   c78534edffff04d74300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x12cc], 0x43d704

        $sequence_2 = { 83e03f 330c85603b4400 330c95e03e4400 8b9708010000 33d9 }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   83e03f               | and                 eax, 0x3f
            //   330c85603b4400       | xor                 ecx, dword ptr [eax*4 + 0x443b60]
            //   330c95e03e4400       | xor                 ecx, dword ptr [edx*4 + 0x443ee0]
            //   8b9708010000         | mov                 edx, dword ptr [edi + 0x108]
            //   33d9                 | xor                 ebx, ecx

        $sequence_3 = { c785b8f2ffffa8e44300 c785bcf2ffffb4e44300 c785c0f2ffffc0e44300 c785c4f2ffffc8e44300 c785c8f2ffffd4e44300 c785ccf2ffffdce44300 c785d0f2ffffe4e44300 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   c785b8f2ffffa8e44300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0xd48], 0x43e4a8
            //   c785bcf2ffffb4e44300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0xd44], 0x43e4b4
            //   c785c0f2ffffc0e44300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0xd40], 0x43e4c0
            //   c785c4f2ffffc8e44300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0xd3c], 0x43e4c8
            //   c785c8f2ffffd4e44300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0xd38], 0x43e4d4
            //   c785ccf2ffffdce44300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0xd34], 0x43e4dc
            //   c785d0f2ffffe4e44300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0xd30], 0x43e4e4

        $sequence_4 = { 8d954cffffff 8955fc 8b45fc 83c002 8945e4 8b4dfc 668b11 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   8d954cffffff         | lea                 edx, [ebp - 0xb4]
            //   8955fc               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], edx
            //   8b45fc               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   83c002               | add                 eax, 2
            //   8945e4               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c], eax
            //   8b4dfc               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   668b11               | mov                 dx, word ptr [ecx]

        $sequence_5 = { 8955d4 8955d8 8b4508 83c02c 50 ff15???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   8955d4               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x2c], edx
            //   8955d8               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x28], edx
            //   8b4508               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp + 8]
            //   83c02c               | add                 eax, 0x2c
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_6 = { 330c85603b4400 330c95e03e4400 8b9728010000 33d9 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   330c85603b4400       | xor                 ecx, dword ptr [eax*4 + 0x443b60]
            //   330c95e03e4400       | xor                 ecx, dword ptr [edx*4 + 0x443ee0]
            //   8b9728010000         | mov                 edx, dword ptr [edi + 0x128]
            //   33d9                 | xor                 ebx, ecx

        $sequence_7 = { c78524f9ffff5cf54300 c78528f9ffff6cf54300 c7852cf9ffff74f54300 c78530f9ffff7cf54300 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   c78524f9ffff5cf54300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x6dc], 0x43f55c
            //   c78528f9ffff6cf54300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x6d8], 0x43f56c
            //   c7852cf9ffff74f54300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x6d4], 0x43f574
            //   c78530f9ffff7cf54300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x6d0], 0x43f57c

        $sequence_8 = { c78524f3ffffd0e54300 c78528f3ffffd8e54300 c7852cf3ffffece54300 c78530f3fffff8e54300 c78534f3ffff00e64300 c78538f3ffff08e64300 c7853cf3ffff10e64300 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   c78524f3ffffd0e54300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0xcdc], 0x43e5d0
            //   c78528f3ffffd8e54300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0xcd8], 0x43e5d8
            //   c7852cf3ffffece54300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0xcd4], 0x43e5ec
            //   c78530f3fffff8e54300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0xcd0], 0x43e5f8
            //   c78534f3ffff00e64300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0xccc], 0x43e600
            //   c78538f3ffff08e64300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0xcc8], 0x43e608
            //   c7853cf3ffff10e64300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0xcc4], 0x43e610

        $sequence_9 = { c785e8f7ffff90f24300 c785ecf7ffff98f24300 c785f0f7ffffa0f24300 c785f4f7ffffa8f24300 c785f8f7ffffc0f24300 c785fcf7ffffccf24300 c78500f8ffffd4f24300 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   c785e8f7ffff90f24300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x818], 0x43f290
            //   c785ecf7ffff98f24300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x814], 0x43f298
            //   c785f0f7ffffa0f24300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x810], 0x43f2a0
            //   c785f4f7ffffa8f24300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x80c], 0x43f2a8
            //   c785f8f7ffffc0f24300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x808], 0x43f2c0
            //   c785fcf7ffffccf24300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x804], 0x43f2cc
            //   c78500f8ffffd4f24300     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x800], 0x43f2d4

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 661504
}
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