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 = "2026-05-04" 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 = "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 = { 50 68???????? c78424f800000000000000 e8???????? } // n = 4, score = 200 // 50 | push eax // 68???????? | // c78424f800000000000000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0xf8], 0 // e8???????? | $sequence_1 = { 8d7729 8b542410 8a4208 84c0 7449 33c0 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 8d7729 | lea esi, [edi + 0x29] // 8b542410 | mov edx, dword ptr [esp + 0x10] // 8a4208 | mov al, byte ptr [edx + 8] // 84c0 | test al, al // 7449 | je 0x4b // 33c0 | xor eax, eax $sequence_2 = { 8944241c 3bc3 c744241402000000 740d 6a32 53 57 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8944241c | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x1c], eax // 3bc3 | cmp eax, ebx // c744241402000000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x14], 2 // 740d | je 0xf // 6a32 | push 0x32 // 53 | push ebx // 57 | push edi $sequence_3 = { 51 52 ff15???????? 85c0 759d 8b442410 50 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 51 | push ecx // 52 | push edx // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 759d | jne 0xffffff9f // 8b442410 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x10] // 50 | push eax $sequence_4 = { 85c0 0f8493000000 bf???????? 8d742460 8a16 } // n = 5, score = 200 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 0f8493000000 | je 0x99 // bf???????? | // 8d742460 | lea esi, [esp + 0x60] // 8a16 | mov dl, byte ptr [esi] $sequence_5 = { 33c0 8985acfeffff 8985b4feffff 68???????? ff15???????? } // n = 5, score = 200 // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 8985acfeffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x154], eax // 8985b4feffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x14c], eax // 68???????? | // ff15???????? | $sequence_6 = { 83c404 8b742410 6800c80000 8bcb e8???????? 50 6a00 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 83c404 | add esp, 4 // 8b742410 | mov esi, dword ptr [esp + 0x10] // 6800c80000 | push 0xc800 // 8bcb | mov ecx, ebx // e8???????? | // 50 | push eax // 6a00 | push 0 $sequence_7 = { 50 68???????? c78424e800000000000000 e8???????? 84c0 } // n = 5, score = 200 // 50 | push eax // 68???????? | // c78424e800000000000000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0xe8], 0 // e8???????? | // 84c0 | test al, al $sequence_8 = { 8d4c242c c68424f000000001 e8???????? 8d4c2400 c68424f000000000 } // n = 5, score = 200 // 8d4c242c | lea ecx, [esp + 0x2c] // c68424f000000001 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0xf0], 1 // e8???????? | // 8d4c2400 | lea ecx, [esp] // c68424f000000000 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0xf0], 0 $sequence_9 = { 8d44241c 8d7b1c 50 57 ff15???????? 33c9 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 8d44241c | lea eax, [esp + 0x1c] // 8d7b1c | lea edi, [ebx + 0x1c] // 50 | push eax // 57 | push edi // ff15???????? | // 33c9 | xor ecx, ecx condition: 7 of them and filesize < 106496 }
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