Information Stealer that searches for sensitive documents and uploads its results to an FTP server. Skips files with known Ryuk extensions.
rule win_ryuk_stealer_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.ryuk_stealer." 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.ryuk_stealer" 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 = { 8bcb e8???????? 3bc7 7552 } // n = 4, score = 800 // 8bcb | mov ecx, ebx // e8???????? | // 3bc7 | cmp eax, edi // 7552 | jne 0x54 $sequence_1 = { 05???????? 50 8d85b4fdffff 50 e8???????? } // n = 5, score = 800 // 05???????? | // 50 | push eax // 8d85b4fdffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x24c] // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | $sequence_2 = { 8bcb 0f44f2 42 8d7902 } // n = 4, score = 800 // 8bcb | mov ecx, ebx // 0f44f2 | cmove esi, edx // 42 | inc edx // 8d7902 | lea edi, [ecx + 2] $sequence_3 = { 83f801 7410 83ff01 755d } // n = 4, score = 800 // 83f801 | cmp eax, 1 // 7410 | je 0x12 // 83ff01 | cmp edi, 1 // 755d | jne 0x5f $sequence_4 = { 8a443706 3c2f 7404 3c2d } // n = 4, score = 800 // 8a443706 | mov al, byte ptr [edi + esi + 6] // 3c2f | cmp al, 0x2f // 7404 | je 6 // 3c2d | cmp al, 0x2d $sequence_5 = { b9a0860100 f7f9 81c2f8240100 52 ff15???????? } // n = 5, score = 800 // b9a0860100 | mov ecx, 0x186a0 // f7f9 | idiv ecx // 81c2f8240100 | add edx, 0x124f8 // 52 | push edx // ff15???????? | $sequence_6 = { 668945ec 8945ee 668945f2 8d45e0 50 } // n = 5, score = 800 // 668945ec | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x14], ax // 8945ee | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x12], eax // 668945f2 | mov word ptr [ebp - 0xe], ax // 8d45e0 | lea eax, [ebp - 0x20] // 50 | push eax $sequence_7 = { 81c2f8240100 52 ff15???????? 46 } // n = 4, score = 800 // 81c2f8240100 | add edx, 0x124f8 // 52 | push edx // ff15???????? | // 46 | inc esi $sequence_8 = { e8???????? 99 b9a0860100 f7f9 81c2f8240100 52 ff15???????? } // n = 7, score = 800 // e8???????? | // 99 | cdq // b9a0860100 | mov ecx, 0x186a0 // f7f9 | idiv ecx // 81c2f8240100 | add edx, 0x124f8 // 52 | push edx // ff15???????? | $sequence_9 = { 75f4 a1???????? 8907 eb38 } // n = 4, score = 800 // 75f4 | jne 0xfffffff6 // a1???????? | // 8907 | mov dword ptr [edi], eax // eb38 | jmp 0x3a condition: 7 of them and filesize < 368640 }
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