Actor(s): APT2, Putter Panda
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rule win_pngdowner_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.pngdowner." 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.pngdowner" 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 = { 83c410 85c0 0f856d010000 8d842418020000 8d8c2498010000 50 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 83c410 | add esp, 0x10 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 0f856d010000 | jne 0x173 // 8d842418020000 | lea eax, [esp + 0x218] // 8d8c2498010000 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x198] // 50 | push eax $sequence_1 = { b910270000 f7f9 52 68???????? 8d942424010000 } // n = 5, score = 200 // b910270000 | mov ecx, 0x2710 // f7f9 | idiv ecx // 52 | push edx // 68???????? | // 8d942424010000 | lea edx, [esp + 0x124] $sequence_2 = { 83f85a 7714 8088????????10 8ac8 80c120 888800e44000 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 83f85a | cmp eax, 0x5a // 7714 | ja 0x16 // 8088????????10 | // 8ac8 | mov cl, al // 80c120 | add cl, 0x20 // 888800e44000 | mov byte ptr [eax + 0x40e400], cl $sequence_3 = { b910270000 f7f9 52 68???????? } // n = 4, score = 200 // b910270000 | mov ecx, 0x2710 // f7f9 | idiv ecx // 52 | push edx // 68???????? | $sequence_4 = { 83c8ff eb1f 8bce 83e61f c1f905 8bc6 8b0c8d40e64000 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 83c8ff | or eax, 0xffffffff // eb1f | jmp 0x21 // 8bce | mov ecx, esi // 83e61f | and esi, 0x1f // c1f905 | sar ecx, 5 // 8bc6 | mov eax, esi // 8b0c8d40e64000 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ecx*4 + 0x40e640] $sequence_5 = { 99 b910270000 f7f9 8d84241c010000 } // n = 4, score = 200 // 99 | cdq // b910270000 | mov ecx, 0x2710 // f7f9 | idiv ecx // 8d84241c010000 | lea eax, [esp + 0x11c] $sequence_6 = { e8???????? 85ff 0f85cf000000 53 8b5c2428 55 } // n = 6, score = 200 // e8???????? | // 85ff | test edi, edi // 0f85cf000000 | jne 0xd5 // 53 | push ebx // 8b5c2428 | mov ebx, dword ptr [esp + 0x28] // 55 | push ebp $sequence_7 = { 8d7c2420 8d542420 f3ab 8d4c2414 51 6800000100 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 8d7c2420 | lea edi, [esp + 0x20] // 8d542420 | lea edx, [esp + 0x20] // f3ab | rep stosd dword ptr es:[edi], eax // 8d4c2414 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x14] // 51 | push ecx // 6800000100 | push 0x10000 $sequence_8 = { 50 89542414 c644240d73 ff15???????? 85c0 7430 68???????? } // n = 7, score = 200 // 50 | push eax // 89542414 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x14], edx // c644240d73 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0xd], 0x73 // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7430 | je 0x32 // 68???????? | $sequence_9 = { 0f84e9000000 8b7508 8b7d0c 8d0520e34000 } // n = 4, score = 200 // 0f84e9000000 | je 0xef // 8b7508 | mov esi, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 8b7d0c | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // 8d0520e34000 | lea eax, [0x40e320] condition: 7 of them and filesize < 131072 }
rule win_pngdowner_w0 { meta: author = "CrowdStrike, Inc." description = "PUTTER PANDA - PNGDOWNER" date = "2014-03-30" version = "1.0" in_the_wild = true copyright = "CrowdStrike, Inc." actor = "Putter Panda" actor_type = "APT" source = "https://www.iocbucket.com/iocs/7f7999ab7f223409ea9ea10cff82b064ce2a1a31" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.pngdowner" malpedia_version = "20180911" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" malpedia_license = "" strings: $myagent = "myAgent" $readfile = "read file error:" $downfile = "down file success" $avail = "Avaliable data:%u bytes" condition: 3 of them }
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