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 = "2026-01-05" 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 = "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 = { 8b5d00 3bdd 7447 8d4c2414 6a00 8bc3 8b1b } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8b5d00 | mov ebx, dword ptr [ebp] // 3bdd | cmp ebx, ebp // 7447 | je 0x49 // 8d4c2414 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x14] // 6a00 | push 0 // 8bc3 | mov eax, ebx // 8b1b | mov ebx, dword ptr [ebx] $sequence_1 = { 03fd ff15???????? 8b4620 85c0 7e44 33c9 8a4e1c } // n = 7, score = 200 // 03fd | add edi, ebp // ff15???????? | // 8b4620 | mov eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x20] // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7e44 | jle 0x46 // 33c9 | xor ecx, ecx // 8a4e1c | mov cl, byte ptr [esi + 0x1c] $sequence_2 = { 40 3bc6 7cf2 6a00 } // n = 4, score = 200 // 40 | inc eax // 3bc6 | cmp eax, esi // 7cf2 | jl 0xfffffff4 // 6a00 | push 0 $sequence_3 = { 894664 8b465c 6a00 57 8b3d???????? 6a00 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 894664 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x64], eax // 8b465c | mov eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x5c] // 6a00 | push 0 // 57 | push edi // 8b3d???????? | // 6a00 | push 0 $sequence_4 = { 7c02 8bc1 57 8bce 894638 e8???????? } // n = 6, score = 200 // 7c02 | jl 4 // 8bc1 | mov eax, ecx // 57 | push edi // 8bce | mov ecx, esi // 894638 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x38], eax // e8???????? | $sequence_5 = { c1e004 03c2 33d2 8a11 8d04c0 8d0443 } // n = 6, score = 200 // c1e004 | shl eax, 4 // 03c2 | add eax, edx // 33d2 | xor edx, edx // 8a11 | mov dl, byte ptr [ecx] // 8d04c0 | lea eax, [eax + eax*8] // 8d0443 | lea eax, [ebx + eax*2] $sequence_6 = { e8???????? 8d442418 6a04 50 8bcb e8???????? 8d4c2424 } // n = 7, score = 200 // e8???????? | // 8d442418 | lea eax, [esp + 0x18] // 6a04 | push 4 // 50 | push eax // 8bcb | mov ecx, ebx // e8???????? | // 8d4c2424 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x24] $sequence_7 = { 6a00 6880000000 6a03 6a00 6a01 8d451c 6800000080 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 6a00 | push 0 // 6880000000 | push 0x80 // 6a03 | push 3 // 6a00 | push 0 // 6a01 | push 1 // 8d451c | lea eax, [ebp + 0x1c] // 6800000080 | push 0x80000000 $sequence_8 = { 56 ff95a4feffff 85c0 7412 6820030000 } // n = 5, score = 200 // 56 | push esi // ff95a4feffff | call dword ptr [ebp - 0x15c] // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7412 | je 0x14 // 6820030000 | push 0x320 $sequence_9 = { 8d69f3 55 e8???????? 8bf0 55 } // n = 5, score = 200 // 8d69f3 | lea ebp, [ecx - 0xd] // 55 | push ebp // e8???????? | // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 55 | push ebp condition: 7 of them and filesize < 106496 }
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