Actor(s): GOLD DUPONT
RansomExx is a ransomware family that targeted multiple companies starting in mid-2020. It shares commonalities with Defray777.
rule win_ransomexx_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.ransomexx." 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.ransomexx" 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 = { 56 57 8b7d08 33db 895dfc 85ff 0f84da010000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 56 | push esi // 57 | push edi // 8b7d08 | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 33db | xor ebx, ebx // 895dfc | mov dword ptr [ebp - 4], ebx // 85ff | test edi, edi // 0f84da010000 | je 0x1e0 $sequence_1 = { 85c0 7403 50 ffd7 5f 85f6 7532 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7403 | je 5 // 50 | push eax // ffd7 | call edi // 5f | pop edi // 85f6 | test esi, esi // 7532 | jne 0x34 $sequence_2 = { 7410 817df8f0070000 7507 56 ff15???????? 5b 56 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 7410 | je 0x12 // 817df8f0070000 | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 8], 0x7f0 // 7507 | jne 9 // 56 | push esi // ff15???????? | // 5b | pop ebx // 56 | push esi $sequence_3 = { 85c0 7435 5f 5e 5b 8be5 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7435 | je 0x37 // 5f | pop edi // 5e | pop esi // 5b | pop ebx // 8be5 | mov esp, ebp $sequence_4 = { 742b 3bfe 7227 8b4d08 56 51 8d541818 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 742b | je 0x2d // 3bfe | cmp edi, esi // 7227 | jb 0x29 // 8b4d08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 56 | push esi // 51 | push ecx // 8d541818 | lea edx, [eax + ebx + 0x18] $sequence_5 = { 33c9 8908 894804 894808 89480c c74010d89e05c1 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 33c9 | xor ecx, ecx // 8908 | mov dword ptr [eax], ecx // 894804 | mov dword ptr [eax + 4], ecx // 894808 | mov dword ptr [eax + 8], ecx // 89480c | mov dword ptr [eax + 0xc], ecx // c74010d89e05c1 | mov dword ptr [eax + 0x10], 0xc1059ed8 $sequence_6 = { 8b5510 51 8b4f04 52 8b5014 51 ffd2 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b5510 | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10] // 51 | push ecx // 8b4f04 | mov ecx, dword ptr [edi + 4] // 52 | push edx // 8b5014 | mov edx, dword ptr [eax + 0x14] // 51 | push ecx // ffd2 | call edx $sequence_7 = { 735c 8d3c40 2bd0 8dbcbda0f9ffff } // n = 4, score = 100 // 735c | jae 0x5e // 8d3c40 | lea edi, [eax + eax*2] // 2bd0 | sub edx, eax // 8dbcbda0f9ffff | lea edi, [ebp + edi*4 - 0x660] $sequence_8 = { 89542414 8b3d???????? 56 6a00 ffd7 50 ff15???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 89542414 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x14], edx // 8b3d???????? | // 56 | push esi // 6a00 | push 0 // ffd7 | call edi // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | $sequence_9 = { 83e63f 8845ff 884dfd 8855fe b838000000 83fe38 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 83e63f | and esi, 0x3f // 8845ff | mov byte ptr [ebp - 1], al // 884dfd | mov byte ptr [ebp - 3], cl // 8855fe | mov byte ptr [ebp - 2], dl // b838000000 | mov eax, 0x38 // 83fe38 | cmp esi, 0x38 condition: 7 of them and filesize < 372736 }
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