Pandora ransomware was obtained by vx-underground at 2022-03-14.
rule win_pandora_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.pandora." 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.pandora" 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 = { c1e808 41884501 418bc3 c1e810 41884502 410fb6c2 41884504 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c1e808 | mov ecx, esi // 41884501 | inc esp // 418bc3 | add ecx, dword ptr [esp + eax + 0x3c] // c1e810 | rol ecx, 0xa // 41884502 | inc ecx // 410fb6c2 | xor edx, eax // 41884504 | add edx, dword ptr [esp + 0x30] $sequence_1 = { 488bcb 4c89b42480000000 c744243801000000 48c744244001000000 e8???????? 4c8b7c2428 85c0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488bcb | dec ecx // 4c89b42480000000 | mov ecx, esi // c744243801000000 | mov ebx, eax // 48c744244001000000 | test ebx, ebx // e8???????? | // 4c8b7c2428 | jne 0xd29 // 85c0 | dec eax $sequence_2 = { 4c8bc6 e8???????? eb13 33d2 488d4c2420 e8???????? } // n = 6, score = 100 // 4c8bc6 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x118] // e8???????? | // eb13 | add ecx, edi // 33d2 | inc ecx // 488d4c2420 | and eax, ebx // e8???????? | $sequence_3 = { 4103cd 448b6c2420 33c7 33442428 03cb 4133c5 8d9adcbc1b8f } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4103cd | dec eax // 448b6c2420 | mov ebx, dword ptr [esp + 0x78] // 33c7 | dec eax // 33442428 | mov edi, esi // 03cb | dec eax // 4133c5 | mov ebp, dword ptr [esp + 0x70] // 8d9adcbc1b8f | dec eax $sequence_4 = { 49d1e8 48ffc2 4883fa40 72ef 4c8d7901 49c1e706 4c2bfa } // n = 7, score = 100 // 49d1e8 | mov edx, esi // 48ffc2 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x1d], 0xb0e25def // 4883fa40 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x19], 0x1d3792db // 72ef | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x15], 0x70e92621 // 4c8d7901 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x11], 0x75972403 // 49c1e706 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0xd], 0xec9e804 // 4c2bfa | test eax, 0xffffff3f $sequence_5 = { 498bd6 4c8bc0 48c1e83f 49f7d8 49c1e83f 440ac0 4180f001 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 498bd6 | lea eax, [eax*4 + 1] // 4c8bc0 | dec esp // 48c1e83f | cmp edx, eax // 49f7d8 | jb 0xfd3 // 49c1e83f | dec ebp // 440ac0 | test esi, esi // 4180f001 | je 0xfd3 $sequence_6 = { 488d442430 4889ac24f0000000 4c8d8c24f0000000 4889442420 660f73d808 66480f7ec1 488d9110010000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488d442430 | xor edi, eax // 4889ac24f0000000 | shl edx, 8 // 4c8d8c24f0000000 | mov eax, edx // 4889442420 | not eax // 660f73d808 | add esi, edi // 66480f7ec1 | inc ecx // 488d9110010000 | or eax, eax $sequence_7 = { 400fb6ce baff000000 412ace d3fa 205590 483bf8 7311 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 400fb6ce | mov eax, dword ptr [ebx + 0xe8] // baff000000 | dec eax // 412ace | mov ecx, dword ptr [esi + 0x20] // d3fa | dec eax // 205590 | mov edx, ebp // 483bf8 | dec eax // 7311 | mov ebp, dword ptr [esp + 0x40] $sequence_8 = { 0fb6843840180600 4433c0 8bc3 c1e818 0fb6c8 8bc3 c1e810 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 0fb6843840180600 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x80], edx // 4433c0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x30], 1 // 8bc3 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x18], 1 // c1e818 | mov dword ptr [ebp], 1 // 0fb6c8 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x58], 1 // 8bc3 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x40], 1 // c1e810 | dec eax $sequence_9 = { 4d85c0 7415 488b05???????? 33d2 ffd0 488b742430 488b5c2428 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4d85c0 | add ebx, 0xa953fd4e // 7415 | add ebx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x77] // 488b05???????? | // 33d2 | mov eax, esi // ffd0 | xor eax, edi // 488b742430 | add eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x2c] // 488b5c2428 | inc ebp condition: 7 of them and filesize < 1032192 }
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