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 = "2026-05-04" 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 = "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 = { c3 3bc8 735c 6a04 50 ff15???????? 8bd8 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c3 | ret // 3bc8 | cmp ecx, eax // 735c | jae 0x5e // 6a04 | push 4 // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | // 8bd8 | mov ebx, eax $sequence_1 = { 897df8 3bf9 0f849d010000 eb03 8b7df8 8b5728 0fb77724 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 897df8 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 8], edi // 3bf9 | cmp edi, ecx // 0f849d010000 | je 0x1a3 // eb03 | jmp 5 // 8b7df8 | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp - 8] // 8b5728 | mov edx, dword ptr [edi + 0x28] // 0fb77724 | movzx esi, word ptr [edi + 0x24] $sequence_2 = { 50 8d4df4 51 6a04 52 ffd6 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // 8d4df4 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0xc] // 51 | push ecx // 6a04 | push 4 // 52 | push edx // ffd6 | call esi $sequence_3 = { 8d8424b8010000 e8???????? 83c007 c1e803 898424b4010000 8b842454020000 2bc6 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8d8424b8010000 | lea eax, [esp + 0x1b8] // e8???????? | // 83c007 | add eax, 7 // c1e803 | shr eax, 3 // 898424b4010000 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x1b4], eax // 8b842454020000 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x254] // 2bc6 | sub eax, esi $sequence_4 = { 83c40c 51 ff15???????? 83c404 8b4dd8 85c9 7425 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 83c40c | add esp, 0xc // 51 | push ecx // ff15???????? | // 83c404 | add esp, 4 // 8b4dd8 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x28] // 85c9 | test ecx, ecx // 7425 | je 0x27 $sequence_5 = { 750e 8b7d10 8d742410 e8???????? 8bf0 8b0d???????? 68d8000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 750e | jne 0x10 // 8b7d10 | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10] // 8d742410 | lea esi, [esp + 0x10] // e8???????? | // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 8b0d???????? | // 68d8000000 | push 0xd8 $sequence_6 = { 7507 c7431001000000 a1???????? 6880010000 8d957cfeffff 6a00 52 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 7507 | jne 9 // c7431001000000 | mov dword ptr [ebx + 0x10], 1 // a1???????? | // 6880010000 | push 0x180 // 8d957cfeffff | lea edx, [ebp - 0x184] // 6a00 | push 0 // 52 | push edx $sequence_7 = { 33f6 3935???????? 750f e8???????? c705????????01000000 0f31 a3???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 33f6 | xor esi, esi // 3935???????? | // 750f | jne 0x11 // e8???????? | // c705????????01000000 | // 0f31 | rdtsc // a3???????? | $sequence_8 = { e8???????? 8bf0 83c404 85f6 0f8582030000 8b4514 85c0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 83c404 | add esp, 4 // 85f6 | test esi, esi // 0f8582030000 | jne 0x388 // 8b4514 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x14] // 85c0 | test eax, eax $sequence_9 = { 3dea000000 74b7 8b4618 03c6 7454 8b4808 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 3dea000000 | cmp eax, 0xea // 74b7 | je 0xffffffb9 // 8b4618 | mov eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x18] // 03c6 | add eax, esi // 7454 | je 0x56 // 8b4808 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax + 8] condition: 7 of them and filesize < 372736 }
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