The Chinese threat actor has used a custom backdoor dubbed "Scieron" over years in several campaigns according to SentinelLABS.
rule win_scieron_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.scieron." 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.scieron" 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 = { ffd0 85ff 7411 833d????????00 } // n = 4, score = 100 // ffd0 | call eax // 85ff | test edi, edi // 7411 | je 0x13 // 833d????????00 | $sequence_1 = { 8b442424 33ff 217c241c 0144241c ff442410 6a10 58 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b442424 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x24] // 33ff | xor edi, edi // 217c241c | and dword ptr [esp + 0x1c], edi // 0144241c | add dword ptr [esp + 0x1c], eax // ff442410 | inc dword ptr [esp + 0x10] // 6a10 | push 0x10 // 58 | pop eax $sequence_2 = { 57 eb6b 8b7c2410 3bfd } // n = 4, score = 100 // 57 | push edi // eb6b | jmp 0x6d // 8b7c2410 | mov edi, dword ptr [esp + 0x10] // 3bfd | cmp edi, ebp $sequence_3 = { ffb614400010 83c718 ffb618400010 8d443c30 50 } // n = 5, score = 100 // ffb614400010 | push dword ptr [esi + 0x10004014] // 83c718 | add edi, 0x18 // ffb618400010 | push dword ptr [esi + 0x10004018] // 8d443c30 | lea eax, [esp + edi + 0x30] // 50 | push eax $sequence_4 = { c9 c3 55 8bec 51 e8???????? e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // c9 | leave // c3 | ret // 55 | push ebp // 8bec | mov ebp, esp // 51 | push ecx // e8???????? | // e8???????? | $sequence_5 = { 7542 50 50 0fb78604020000 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 7542 | jne 0x44 // 50 | push eax // 50 | push eax // 0fb78604020000 | movzx eax, word ptr [esi + 0x204] $sequence_6 = { ffd7 ffd0 6a04 8d442414 } // n = 4, score = 100 // ffd7 | call edi // ffd0 | call eax // 6a04 | push 4 // 8d442414 | lea eax, [esp + 0x14] $sequence_7 = { e9???????? 81ec8c020000 53 8b1d???????? 55 33c0 57 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e9???????? | // 81ec8c020000 | sub esp, 0x28c // 53 | push ebx // 8b1d???????? | // 55 | push ebp // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 57 | push edi $sequence_8 = { 8d85d8fdffff 50 ffd6 85c0 7409 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 8d85d8fdffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x228] // 50 | push eax // ffd6 | call esi // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7409 | je 0xb $sequence_9 = { 53 6a40 ffd7 85c0 7414 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 53 | push ebx // 6a40 | push 0x40 // ffd7 | call edi // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7414 | je 0x16 condition: 7 of them and filesize < 100352 }
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