Actor(s): Pirate Panda
PcShare is a open-source backdoor which has been seen modified and used by Chinese threat actors, mainly attacking countries in South East Asia.
rule win_pcshare_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.pcshare." 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.pcshare" 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 = { eb76 8b4624 33ff 85c0 741a } // n = 5, score = 100 // eb76 | jmp 0x78 // 8b4624 | mov eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x24] // 33ff | xor edi, edi // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 741a | je 0x1c $sequence_1 = { 7425 0fb601 0fb6fa 3bc7 7714 8b55fc 8a9250220610 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 7425 | je 0x27 // 0fb601 | movzx eax, byte ptr [ecx] // 0fb6fa | movzx edi, dl // 3bc7 | cmp eax, edi // 7714 | ja 0x16 // 8b55fc | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp - 4] // 8a9250220610 | mov dl, byte ptr [edx + 0x10062250] $sequence_2 = { 8b542438 c1e105 8b4c1108 8b5008 81e2ffff2f00 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 8b542438 | mov edx, dword ptr [esp + 0x38] // c1e105 | shl ecx, 5 // 8b4c1108 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ecx + edx + 8] // 8b5008 | mov edx, dword ptr [eax + 8] // 81e2ffff2f00 | and edx, 0x2fffff $sequence_3 = { 84c0 741a 3cff 7416 85ed } // n = 5, score = 100 // 84c0 | test al, al // 741a | je 0x1c // 3cff | cmp al, 0xff // 7416 | je 0x18 // 85ed | test ebp, ebp $sequence_4 = { 84c0 742e 8b54241c 8b442420 8bce } // n = 5, score = 100 // 84c0 | test al, al // 742e | je 0x30 // 8b54241c | mov edx, dword ptr [esp + 0x1c] // 8b442420 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x20] // 8bce | mov ecx, esi $sequence_5 = { 33c9 3bea 896e24 0f95c1 8bf9 895628 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 33c9 | xor ecx, ecx // 3bea | cmp ebp, edx // 896e24 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x24], ebp // 0f95c1 | setne cl // 8bf9 | mov edi, ecx // 895628 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x28], edx $sequence_6 = { 0f8547ffffff 8bc6 8088e184061008 40 3dff000000 72f1 53 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 0f8547ffffff | jne 0xffffff4d // 8bc6 | mov eax, esi // 8088e184061008 | or byte ptr [eax + 0x100684e1], 8 // 40 | inc eax // 3dff000000 | cmp eax, 0xff // 72f1 | jb 0xfffffff3 // 53 | push ebx $sequence_7 = { 56 57 83c004 8bf9 50 897c2420 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 56 | push esi // 57 | push edi // 83c004 | add eax, 4 // 8bf9 | mov edi, ecx // 50 | push eax // 897c2420 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x20], edi // e8???????? | $sequence_8 = { 0fb6c8 42 f681e184061004 7466 837c241c00 7518 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 0fb6c8 | movzx ecx, al // 42 | inc edx // f681e184061004 | test byte ptr [ecx + 0x100684e1], 4 // 7466 | je 0x68 // 837c241c00 | cmp dword ptr [esp + 0x1c], 0 // 7518 | jne 0x1a $sequence_9 = { c6042800 85ff 7447 8b4c2418 } // n = 4, score = 100 // c6042800 | mov byte ptr [eax + ebp], 0 // 85ff | test edi, edi // 7447 | je 0x49 // 8b4c2418 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x18] condition: 7 of them and filesize < 893708 }
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