Actor(s): Pitty Panda
Paladin RAT is a variant of Gh0st RAT used by PittyPanda active since at least 2011.
rule win_paladin_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.paladin." 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.paladin" malpedia_rule_date = "20260916" malpedia_hash = "53a643781c18e08f4a50949af60172d837a0b6f6" malpedia_version = "20260917" 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 = { e8???????? 83c8ff 8b8c24e4010000 64890d00000000 81c4f0010000 c20400 8d4c2400 } // n = 7, score = 200 // e8???????? | // 83c8ff | or eax, 0xffffffff // 8b8c24e4010000 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x1e4] // 64890d00000000 | mov dword ptr fs:[0], ecx // 81c4f0010000 | add esp, 0x1f0 // c20400 | ret 4 // 8d4c2400 | lea ecx, [esp] $sequence_1 = { 895c2430 e8???????? 84c0 7426 8b7c2420 } // n = 5, score = 200 // 895c2430 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x30], ebx // e8???????? | // 84c0 | test al, al // 7426 | je 0x28 // 8b7c2420 | mov edi, dword ptr [esp + 0x20] $sequence_2 = { f3a5 8bca 03c5 83e103 f3a4 8b74243c } // n = 6, score = 200 // f3a5 | rep movsd dword ptr es:[edi], dword ptr [esi] // 8bca | mov ecx, edx // 03c5 | add eax, ebp // 83e103 | and ecx, 3 // f3a4 | rep movsb byte ptr es:[edi], byte ptr [esi] // 8b74243c | mov esi, dword ptr [esp + 0x3c] $sequence_3 = { 64892500000000 51 b8301a0300 e8???????? } // n = 4, score = 200 // 64892500000000 | mov dword ptr fs:[0], esp // 51 | push ecx // b8301a0300 | mov eax, 0x31a30 // e8???????? | $sequence_4 = { eb05 1bc0 83d8ff 85c0 0f8493000000 bf???????? } // n = 6, score = 200 // eb05 | jmp 7 // 1bc0 | sbb eax, eax // 83d8ff | sbb eax, -1 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 0f8493000000 | je 0x99 // bf???????? | $sequence_5 = { 6a01 51 ff15???????? 8b4df4 64890d00000000 5f 5e } // n = 7, score = 200 // 6a01 | push 1 // 51 | push ecx // ff15???????? | // 8b4df4 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0xc] // 64890d00000000 | mov dword ptr fs:[0], ecx // 5f | pop edi // 5e | pop esi $sequence_6 = { e8???????? 83c418 c21000 8b0d???????? } // n = 4, score = 200 // e8???????? | // 83c418 | add esp, 0x18 // c21000 | ret 0x10 // 8b0d???????? | $sequence_7 = { 8bf8 8b4654 89442420 52 8d462c } // n = 5, score = 200 // 8bf8 | mov edi, eax // 8b4654 | mov eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x54] // 89442420 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x20], eax // 52 | push edx // 8d462c | lea eax, [esi + 0x2c] $sequence_8 = { 5f 5e 5d 5b 83c414 c20800 8d5d04 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 5f | pop edi // 5e | pop esi // 5d | pop ebp // 5b | pop ebx // 83c414 | add esp, 0x14 // c20800 | ret 8 // 8d5d04 | lea ebx, [ebp + 4] $sequence_9 = { 8d8ef8fdffff 3bd9 7616 81c608020000 6a42 56 55 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8d8ef8fdffff | lea ecx, [esi - 0x208] // 3bd9 | cmp ebx, ecx // 7616 | jbe 0x18 // 81c608020000 | add esi, 0x208 // 6a42 | push 0x42 // 56 | push esi // 55 | push ebp condition: 7 of them and filesize < 106496 }
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