Actor(s): APT28
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rule win_pixynet_loader_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" version = "1" description = "Detects win.pixynet_loader." 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.pixynet_loader" 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 = { 4c8d0d14ea0700 4183e23f 4f8d04d2 498b04c1 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 4c8d0d14ea0700 | dec eax // 4183e23f | mov ecx, edi // 4f8d04d2 | dec eax // 498b04c1 | mov ebx, ecx $sequence_1 = { 488d15fcf90700 488b45d0 48c1e820 85c0 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 488d15fcf90700 | xor edx, edx // 488b45d0 | movups xmmword ptr [ebp - 0x40], xmm0 // 48c1e820 | dec eax // 85c0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x30], edi $sequence_2 = { 4883ec20 488d1deb570100 488d3de4570100 eb12 488b03 4885c0 7406 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4883ec20 | xorps xmm0, xmm0 // 488d1deb570100 | dec eax // 488d3de4570100 | mov dword ptr [ebx], ecx // eb12 | dec eax // 488b03 | lea edx, [ebx + 8] // 4885c0 | dec eax // 7406 | lea ecx, [eax + 8] $sequence_3 = { 4c89642420 448bc6 498bd7 498bce ff15???????? } // n = 5, score = 100 // 4c89642420 | ja 0x4bc // 448bc6 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esi + eax*4 + 0xbad8] // 498bd7 | inc ecx // 498bce | mov eax, esi // ff15???????? | $sequence_4 = { 488bd7 4c8d054ff50700 83e23f 488bcf 48c1f906 488d14d2 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 488bd7 | mov ebx, 0x1010101 // 4c8d054ff50700 | add dword ptr [ecx], eax // 83e23f | add dword ptr [ecx], eax // 488bcf | dec esp // 48c1f906 | imul ebx, edx // 488d14d2 | dec esp $sequence_5 = { ff15???????? 85db 0f94c0 488b5c2470 488b742478 4883c460 5f } // n = 7, score = 100 // ff15???????? | // 85db | dec ebx // 0f94c0 | dec eax // 488b5c2470 | lea ecx, [ebx + ebx*4] // 488b742478 | inc eax // 4883c460 | push ebx // 5f | dec eax $sequence_6 = { 418bf0 4c8d0d37dc0000 8bda 4c8d0526dc0000 488bf9 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 418bf0 | lea edx, [0xdd04] // 4c8d0d37dc0000 | dec esp // 8bda | lea ecx, [0x7ea14] // 4c8d0526dc0000 | inc ecx // 488bf9 | and edx, 0x3f $sequence_7 = { 84c9 752f 488d1d5b2e0800 488b0b 4885c9 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 84c9 | mov edi, ecx // 752f | dec esp // 488d1d5b2e0800 | lea esi, [0xffff692e] // 488b0b | dec eax // 4885c9 | or edi, 0xffffffff $sequence_8 = { 488d4dc0 458d442447 33d2 0f1145c0 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 488d4dc0 | dec eax // 458d442447 | lea ecx, [0x8e54] // 33d2 | dec eax // 0f1145c0 | lea ebx, [0x84e1d] $sequence_9 = { ff15???????? 85c0 0f95c0 eb11 33d2 41b800800000 } // n = 6, score = 100 // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | dec esp // 0f95c0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x39], ebp // eb11 | dec eax // 33d2 | lea ecx, [0xffff3a2b] // 41b800800000 | dec eax condition: 7 of them and filesize < 1183744 }
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