Based on the leaked Conti source code.
rule win_scarecrow_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.scarecrow." 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.scarecrow" 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 = { c645d951 c645da70 c645db4c c645dc70 c645dd2b c645de70 c645df16 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c645d951 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x27], 0x51 // c645da70 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x26], 0x70 // c645db4c | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x25], 0x4c // c645dc70 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x24], 0x70 // c645dd2b | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x23], 0x2b // c645de70 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x22], 0x70 // c645df16 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x21], 0x16 $sequence_1 = { c645d55b c645d678 c645d77c c645d878 c645d928 c645da78 c645db7c } // n = 7, score = 100 // c645d55b | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x2b], 0x5b // c645d678 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x2a], 0x78 // c645d77c | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x29], 0x7c // c645d878 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x28], 0x78 // c645d928 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x27], 0x28 // c645da78 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x26], 0x78 // c645db7c | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x25], 0x7c $sequence_2 = { 40 74ec 5f 5e b801000000 5b } // n = 6, score = 100 // 40 | inc eax // 74ec | je 0xffffffee // 5f | pop edi // 5e | pop esi // b801000000 | mov eax, 1 // 5b | pop ebx $sequence_3 = { 56 6a49 68d340dedd ba0f000000 8bf1 e8???????? 83c408 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 56 | push esi // 6a49 | push 0x49 // 68d340dedd | push 0xddde40d3 // ba0f000000 | mov edx, 0xf // 8bf1 | mov esi, ecx // e8???????? | // 83c408 | add esp, 8 $sequence_4 = { 99 f7fb 85d2 74d8 8a06 8bde 84c0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 99 | cdq // f7fb | idiv ebx // 85d2 | test edx, edx // 74d8 | je 0xffffffda // 8a06 | mov al, byte ptr [esi] // 8bde | mov ebx, esi // 84c0 | test al, al $sequence_5 = { 757b b905000000 8b45fc 99 f7f9 85d2 7405 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 757b | jne 0x7d // b905000000 | mov ecx, 5 // 8b45fc | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 4] // 99 | cdq // f7f9 | idiv ecx // 85d2 | test edx, edx // 7405 | je 7 $sequence_6 = { be05000000 0f1f440000 8b45b8 99 f7fe 85d2 7405 } // n = 7, score = 100 // be05000000 | mov esi, 5 // 0f1f440000 | nop dword ptr [eax + eax] // 8b45b8 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x48] // 99 | cdq // f7fe | idiv esi // 85d2 | test edx, edx // 7405 | je 7 $sequence_7 = { 59 e9???????? c745dc03000000 eb7c c745e030024300 ebbb d9e8 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 59 | pop ecx // e9???????? | // c745dc03000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x24], 3 // eb7c | jmp 0x7e // c745e030024300 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x20], 0x430230 // ebbb | jmp 0xffffffbd // d9e8 | fld1 $sequence_8 = { c745e030024300 e9???????? 83e80f 7451 83e809 7443 83e801 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c745e030024300 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x20], 0x430230 // e9???????? | // 83e80f | sub eax, 0xf // 7451 | je 0x53 // 83e809 | sub eax, 9 // 7443 | je 0x45 // 83e801 | sub eax, 1 $sequence_9 = { 7528 e8???????? 85c0 0f847f020000 e8???????? 6a4d } // n = 6, score = 100 // 7528 | jne 0x2a // e8???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 0f847f020000 | je 0x285 // e8???????? | // 6a4d | push 0x4d condition: 7 of them and filesize < 501760 }
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