Freely available network reconnaissance tool.
rule win_netspy_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.netspy." 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.netspy" 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 = { 4829c4 488b8538340000 4889e1 48898d704d0000 e8???????? } // n = 5, score = 100 // 4829c4 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax] // 488b8538340000 | mov eax, ecx // 4889e1 | dec eax // 48898d704d0000 | sub esp, eax // e8???????? | $sequence_1 = { e9???????? 8b858c170000 3da1b579e1 0f84d92c0000 e9???????? 8b858c170000 3da646bcce } // n = 7, score = 100 // e9???????? | // 8b858c170000 | dec eax // 3da1b579e1 | mov ecx, esp // 0f84d92c0000 | dec eax // e9???????? | // 8b858c170000 | mov dword ptr [ebp + 0x4d70], ecx // 3da646bcce | dec eax $sequence_2 = { 48898510130000 8b15???????? 833d????????0a 0f9cc1 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 48898510130000 | dec eax // 8b15???????? | // 833d????????0a | // 0f9cc1 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x3438] $sequence_3 = { a801 0f8505000000 e9???????? 488b8da0380000 448b859c380000 } // n = 5, score = 100 // a801 | je 0x2ce4 // 0f8505000000 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x178c] // e9???????? | // 488b8da0380000 | cmp eax, 0xcebc46a6 // 448b859c380000 | dec eax $sequence_4 = { b8a51c0a0c f6c201 0f45c8 488b85c84a0000 8908 8b15???????? } // n = 6, score = 100 // b8a51c0a0c | mov eax, 0xc0a1ca5 // f6c201 | test dl, 1 // 0f45c8 | cmovne ecx, eax // 488b85c84a0000 | dec eax // 8908 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x4ac8] // 8b15???????? | $sequence_5 = { 4889e1 48898d90560000 e8???????? 4829c4 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 4889e1 | dec eax // 48898d90560000 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x38a0] // e8???????? | // 4829c4 | inc esp $sequence_6 = { e9???????? 488b85384d0000 8b00 8985544d0000 e9???????? 488b85404d0000 8a00 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e9???????? | // 488b85384d0000 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x50d0] // 8b00 | dec eax // 8985544d0000 | mov eax, dword ptr [eax] // e9???????? | // 488b85404d0000 | dec eax // 8a00 | mov eax, dword ptr [eax + 0x30] $sequence_7 = { 448b855c570000 4889c4 b9bc3715ff b88819ea06 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 448b855c570000 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x389c] // 4889c4 | dec eax // b9bc3715ff | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x4d38] // b88819ea06 | mov eax, dword ptr [eax] condition: 7 of them and filesize < 12033024 }
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