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 = "2026-01-05" 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 = "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 = { c1eb08 81e3ff000000 333c9db07a4200 8b5dec } // n = 4, score = 100 // c1eb08 | shr ebx, 8 // 81e3ff000000 | and ebx, 0xff // 333c9db07a4200 | xor edi, dword ptr [ebx*4 + 0x427ab0] // 8b5dec | mov ebx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x14] $sequence_1 = { 8a10 881406 40 49 75f7 8b7df0 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8a10 | mov dl, byte ptr [eax] // 881406 | mov byte ptr [esi + eax], dl // 40 | inc eax // 49 | dec ecx // 75f7 | jne 0xfffffff9 // 8b7df0 | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp - 0x10] $sequence_2 = { 8b0d???????? 6a04 8d45e8 6a00 50 ffd1 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8b0d???????? | // 6a04 | push 4 // 8d45e8 | lea eax, [ebp - 0x18] // 6a00 | push 0 // 50 | push eax // ffd1 | call ecx $sequence_3 = { 6a00 ff15???????? 85c0 7415 0fb745e0 8b0d???????? } // n = 6, score = 100 // 6a00 | push 0 // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7415 | je 0x17 // 0fb745e0 | movzx eax, word ptr [ebp - 0x20] // 8b0d???????? | $sequence_4 = { 8d3c8500000000 8b0417 53 50 ff15???????? eb31 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8d3c8500000000 | lea edi, [eax*4] // 8b0417 | mov eax, dword ptr [edi + edx] // 53 | push ebx // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | // eb31 | jmp 0x33 $sequence_5 = { b801000000 8945dc 8945e0 33f2 } // n = 4, score = 100 // b801000000 | mov eax, 1 // 8945dc | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x24], eax // 8945e0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x20], eax // 33f2 | xor esi, edx $sequence_6 = { 3b45ec 729b 8b4d10 8b5104 8955fc } // n = 5, score = 100 // 3b45ec | cmp eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x14] // 729b | jb 0xffffff9d // 8b4d10 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10] // 8b5104 | mov edx, dword ptr [ecx + 4] // 8955fc | mov dword ptr [ebp - 4], edx $sequence_7 = { 8d5df4 8d75e0 8bc3 e8???????? 8bf0 85f6 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8d5df4 | lea ebx, [ebp - 0xc] // 8d75e0 | lea esi, [ebp - 0x20] // 8bc3 | mov eax, ebx // e8???????? | // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 85f6 | test esi, esi $sequence_8 = { b16c c7006e74646c c740046c2e646c 884808 50 ff15???????? } // n = 6, score = 100 // b16c | mov cl, 0x6c // c7006e74646c | mov dword ptr [eax], 0x6c64746e // c740046c2e646c | mov dword ptr [eax + 4], 0x6c642e6c // 884808 | mov byte ptr [eax + 8], cl // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | $sequence_9 = { e8???????? 83c404 85c0 7520 8b4dfc f7d9 890f } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 83c404 | add esp, 4 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7520 | jne 0x22 // 8b4dfc | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 4] // f7d9 | neg ecx // 890f | mov dword ptr [edi], ecx condition: 7 of them and filesize < 372736 }
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