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win.phoenix_locker (Back to overview)

Phoenix Locker

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References
2025-01-17Google Cloud SecurityOffice of the CISO
Threat Horizons - H1 2025 Threat Horizons Report
FAKEUPDATES Conti Hades LockBit Phoenix Locker RansomHub TRIPLESTRENGTH
2022-06-13Jorge TestaJorge Testa
Killing The Bear - Evil Corp
FAKEUPDATES Babuk Blister DoppelPaymer Dridex Entropy FriedEx Hades Macaw Phoenix Locker WastedLoader WastedLocker
2022-06-02MandiantMandiant Intelligence
To HADES and Back: UNC2165 Shifts to LOCKBIT to Evade Sanctions
FAKEUPDATES Blister Cobalt Strike DoppelPaymer Dridex FriedEx Hades LockBit Macaw MimiKatz Phoenix Locker WastedLocker
2022-05-09MicrosoftMicrosoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC)
Ransomware-as-a-service: Understanding the cybercrime gig economy and how to protect yourself
AnchorDNS BlackCat BlackMatter Conti DarkSide HelloKitty Hive LockBit REvil FAKEUPDATES Griffon ATOMSILO BazarBackdoor BlackCat BlackMatter Blister Cobalt Strike Conti DarkSide Emotet FiveHands Gozi HelloKitty Hive IcedID ISFB JSSLoader LockBit LockFile Maze NightSky Pandora Phobos Phoenix Locker PhotoLoader QakBot REvil Rook Ryuk SystemBC TrickBot WastedLocker BRONZE STARLIGHT
2022-02-01Sentinel LABSAntonio Pirozzi, Antonis Terefos, Idan Weizman
Sanctions be Damned | From Dridex To Macaw, The Evolution of Evil Corp
Dridex FriedEx Hades Phoenix Locker WastedLocker
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_phoenix_locker_auto (20251219 | Detects win.phoenix_locker.)
rule win_phoenix_locker_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-01-05"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.phoenix_locker."
        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.phoenix_locker"
        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 = { ffc3 4d0fbfd0 66450fbed2 450fbfd5 4c63d3 e9???????? e9???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   ffc3                 | arpl                bx, si
            //   4d0fbfd0             | xchg                si, si
            //   66450fbed2           | dec                 eax
            //   450fbfd5             | cmovo               esi, ebp
            //   4c63d3               | test                edx, 0x18351d30
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   e9????????           |                     

        $sequence_1 = { 0f8774000000 0f8530000000 488b542428 480fb7cd 488d4b14 e9???????? ff15???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   0f8774000000         | add                 dword ptr [ebp + 0x64f15b65], ebp
            //   0f8530000000         | outsb               dx, byte ptr [esi]
            //   488b542428           | mov                 dword ptr ds:[0xb5632c0e], eax
            //   480fb7cd             | pop                 edx
            //   488d4b14             | int1                
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_2 = { 41b07c 6644896c2420 480fabc8 48ffc8 4180d05d 488d542420 }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   41b07c               | movsx               edx, ah
            //   6644896c2420         | dec                 ebp
            //   480fabc8             | movsx               edx, bx
            //   48ffc8               | pushfd              
            //   4180d05d             | inc                 bp
            //   488d542420           | movzx               edx, cl

        $sequence_3 = { 4586c0 4c8bc2 f7d2 488bd1 488d0de21fe5ff e8???????? 488d0dd61fe5ff }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   4586c0               | test                edx, ebx
            //   4c8bc2               | cmp                 word ptr [edi + 0x40], 0x2e
            //   f7d2                 | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x60], ecx
            //   488bd1               | inc                 esp
            //   488d0de21fe5ff       | cmp                 ah, ah
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   488d0dd61fe5ff       | stc                 

        $sequence_4 = { 4184eb f9 4c03d1 4d8d1c0b f8 41f6c484 4585c9 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   4184eb               | inc                 ecx
            //   f9                   | movzx               ecx, byte ptr [ebp + eax*4]
            //   4c03d1               | inc                 cx
            //   4d8d1c0b             | bsr                 edx, edi
            //   f8                   | inc                 ecx
            //   41f6c484             | movzx               eax, bl
            //   4585c9               | dec                 eax

        $sequence_5 = { 688c4bd073 0f82f8aefeff 48818424100000006c322f5a 5e 5e 5e }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   688c4bd073           | inc                 ecx
            //   0f82f8aefeff         | push                esi
            //   48818424100000006c322f5a     | inc    bp
            //   5e                   | movzx               edx, dl
            //   5e                   | popfd               
            //   5e                   | pop                 eax

        $sequence_6 = { 418b0c84 98 23cd 660fb6c6 4433c1 98 4633048b }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   418b0c84             | movsx               eax, si
            //   98                   | inc                 esp
            //   23cd                 | mov                 byte ptr [esp + 0x40], bl
            //   660fb6c6             | neg                 ax
            //   4433c1               | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x38], 1
            //   98                   | inc                 ecx
            //   4633048b             | mov                 al, bl

        $sequence_7 = { e9???????? 0f84c0000000 418d5424ff 6641f7c2266e 4c0fa4cfaa 4c8bed }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   0f84c0000000         | sal                 al, 0xe9
            //   418d5424ff           | dec                 eax
            //   6641f7c2266e         | shl                 eax, cl
            //   4c0fa4cfaa           | inc                 ecx
            //   4c8bed               | lea                 eax, [ecx - 1]

        $sequence_8 = { 55 d9b726ae0b68 a947d046d6 5b 21bd5e13d92f 5a 81e516495a66 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   55                   | inc                 eax
            //   d9b726ae0b68         | sub                 edx, edx
            //   a947d046d6           | dec                 esp
            //   5b                   | lea                 eax, [ebx + ebx]
            //   21bd5e13d92f         | mov                 esi, ebx
            //   5a                   | dec                 esp
            //   81e516495a66         | arpl                bp, ax

        $sequence_9 = { f5 f69c2418000000 5f 415e 415e 415e 5f }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   f5                   | inc                 ecx
            //   f69c2418000000       | dec                 ebx
            //   5f                   | shr                 eax, cl
            //   415e                 | test                ecx, ecx
            //   415e                 | je                  0xdb0
            //   415e                 | inc                 ecx
            //   5f                   | cmp                 eax, esi

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 3702784
}
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