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win.nautilus (Back to overview)

Nautilus

Actor(s): APT34, Turla

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References
2020-01-01SecureworksSecureWorks
IRON HUNTER
Agent.BTZ Cobra Carbon System LightNeuron Mosquito Nautilus Neuron Skipper Uroburos Turla
2019-10-21NCSC UKNCSC UK
Advisory: Turla group exploits Iranian APT to expand coverage of victims
Nautilus Neuron
2018-01-17NCSC UKNCSC UK
Turla group malware
Nautilus Neuron
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_nautilus_auto (20241030 | Detects win.nautilus.)
rule win_nautilus_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2024-10-31"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.nautilus."
        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.nautilus"
        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 = { f20f11442430 c744242821000000 8364242000 488d0de0360100 ba0d000000 e8???????? e9???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   f20f11442430         | jmp                 0x2b9
            //   c744242821000000     | inc                 ecx
            //   8364242000           | mov                 al, 1
            //   488d0de0360100       | test                eax, eax
            //   ba0d000000           | jne                 0x3ae
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   e9????????           |                     

        $sequence_1 = { e8???????? be06000000 448d4601 85c0 7843 83f801 0f8e3b010000 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   be06000000           | dec                 ecx
            //   448d4601             | mov                 dword ptr [ecx + 0x48], eax
            //   85c0                 | dec                 eax
            //   7843                 | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x2b0]
            //   83f801               | dec                 eax
            //   0f8e3b010000         | xor                 ecx, esp

        $sequence_2 = { e9???????? 413bfc 0f84c7000000 41be20000000 eb09 413bfc 0f84b6000000 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   413bfc               | dec                 eax
            //   0f84c7000000         | mov                 ecx, ebx
            //   41be20000000         | dec                 eax
            //   eb09                 | mov                 ecx, ebx
            //   413bfc               | dec                 eax
            //   0f84b6000000         | lea                 edx, [0x3fa9d]

        $sequence_3 = { 83f9ff 0f9dc0 85c0 7431 f20f1015???????? f20f5cd6 f20f5915???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   83f9ff               | sub                 esp, 0x30
            //   0f9dc0               | dec                 eax
            //   85c0                 | mov                 edi, ecx
            //   7431                 | mov                 ebp, 2
            //   f20f1015????????     |                     
            //   f20f5cd6             | inc                 esp
            //   f20f5915????????     |                     

        $sequence_4 = { f30f7f00 f3410f7f0b 4883c010 4983eb10 493bc3 72e3 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   f30f7f00             | lea                 ecx, [edx - 1]
            //   f3410f7f0b           | sete                al
            //   4883c010             | inc                 ecx
            //   4983eb10             | mov                 edx, edx
            //   493bc3               | inc                 esp
            //   72e3                 | or                  al, al

        $sequence_5 = { 8d43a0 894550 e8???????? 4c8b7de0 8bd8 85c0 0f851effffff }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   8d43a0               | mov                 ebp, edi
            //   894550               | inc                 esp
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4c8b7de0             | mov                 esp, edi
            //   8bd8                 | inc                 esp
            //   85c0                 | mov                 edi, edi
            //   0f851effffff         | inc                 esp

        $sequence_6 = { b9bb0b0000 e8???????? 418bc7 4585ed 7e10 488d4dff 8801 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   b9bb0b0000           | mov                 esi, dword ptr [ebx + 0x444]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   418bc7               | dec                 eax
            //   4585ed               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebx]
            //   7e10                 | inc                 esp
            //   488d4dff             | cmp                 dword ptr [eax + 0x24], edx
            //   8801                 | jne                 0x184b

        $sequence_7 = { 744c 83f808 0f8483000000 83f81b 7564 4983c202 4983e802 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   744c                 | xor                 edx, edx
            //   83f808               | xor                 ecx, ecx
            //   0f8483000000         | inc                 ebp
            //   83f81b               | xor                 eax, eax
            //   7564                 | xor                 edx, edx
            //   4983c202             | xor                 ecx, ecx
            //   4983e802             | inc                 ebp

        $sequence_8 = { 48896c2410 4889742418 57 4883ec20 488b4118 488be9 488bfa }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   48896c2410           | dec                 esp
            //   4889742418           | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x60], eax
            //   57                   | dec                 eax
            //   4883ec20             | mov                 dword ptr [edi + 0xc8], eax
            //   488b4118             | inc                 ecx
            //   488be9               | mov                 eax, 0x18
            //   488bfa               | dec                 eax

        $sequence_9 = { ff15???????? 8bd8 85c0 74a8 83f826 0f8521010000 448b442450 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   8bd8                 | inc                 ebp
            //   85c0                 | xor                 eax, eax
            //   74a8                 | dec                 eax
            //   83f826               | mov                 edx, edi
            //   0f8521010000         | jmp                 0x3db
            //   448b442450           | mov                 edx, edi

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 1302528
}
[TLP:WHITE] win_nautilus_w0   (20180226 | Rule for detection of Nautilus based on assembly code for a modified RC4 loop)
rule win_nautilus_w0 {
    meta:
        description = "Rule for detection of Nautilus based on assembly code for a modified RC4 loop"
        author = "NCSC UK"
        hash = "a415ab193f6cd832a0de4fcc48d5f53d6f0b06d5e13b3c359878c6c31f3e7ec3"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.nautilus"
        malpedia_version = "20180226"
        malpedia_license = "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"
    strings:
        $rc4_loop = {42 0F B6 14 04 41 FF C0 03 D7 0F B6 CA 8A 14 0C 43 32 14 13 41 88 12 49 FF C2
        49 FF C9}
        $rc4_key = {31 42 31 34 34 30 44 39 30 46 43 39 42 43 42 34 36 41 39 41 43 39 36 34 33 38
        46 45 45 41 38 42}
        $string_0 = "nautilus-service.dll" ascii
        $string_1 = "oxygen.dll" ascii
        $string_2 = "config_listen.system" ascii
        $string_3 = "ctx.system" ascii
        $string_4 = "3FDA3998-BEF5-426D-82D8-1A71F29ADDC3" ascii
        $string_5 = "C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Caches\\{%s}.2.ver0x0000000000000001.db"
    condition:
        ($rc4_loop and $rc4_key) or (all of ($string_*)) 
}
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