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win.sinowal (Back to overview)

Sinowal

aka: Theola, Quarian, Mebroot, Anserin, Torpig
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References
2020-07-29Kaspersky LabsGReAT
APT trends report Q2 2020
PhantomLance Dacls Penquin Turla elf.wellmess AppleJeus Dacls AcidBox Cobalt Strike Dacls EternalPetya Godlike12 Olympic Destroyer PlugX shadowhammer ShadowPad Sinowal VHD Ransomware Volgmer WellMess X-Agent XTunnel
2020-03-12Recorded FutureInsikt Group
Swallowing the Snake’s Tail: Tracking Turla Infrastructure
Mosquito Sinowal
2018-12-05WikipediaWikipedia
Torpig
Sinowal
2016-09-07Virus BulletinBrian Bartholomew, Juan Andrés Guerrero-Saade
Wave Your False Flags! Deception Tactics Muddying Attribution in Targeted Attacks
DuQu JripBot Sinowal Stuxnet Wipbot
2015-02-06CrowdStrikeCrowdStrike
CrowdStrike Global Threat Intel Report 2014
BlackPOS CryptoLocker Derusbi Elise Enfal EvilGrab Gameover P2P HttpBrowser Medusa Mirage Naikon NetTraveler pirpi PlugX Poison Ivy Sakula RAT Sinowal sykipot taidoor
2014-06-02Virus BulletinChao Chen
Sinowal banking trojan
Sinowal
2013-03-13ESET ResearchAleksandr Matrosov
How Theola malware uses a Chrome plugin for banking fraud
Sinowal
2012-12-05Malware Don't Need CoffeeKafeine
The path to infection - Eye glance at the first line of "Russian Underground" - focused on Ransomware
RunForestRun Andromeda Citadel Lyposit Matsnu Reveton Sinowal UPAS Urausy
2012-08-08SymantecSymantec
Trojan.Mebroot
Sinowal
2010-01-01MandiantEro Carrera, Peter Silberman
State of Malware: Family Ties
Bredolab Conficker Cutwail KoobFace Oderoor Poison Ivy Rustock Sinowal Szribi Zeus
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_sinowal_auto (20251219 | Detects win.sinowal.)
rule win_sinowal_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-01-05"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.sinowal."
        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.sinowal"
        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 = { ff15???????? 85c0 0f85b3000000 837df800 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   0f85b3000000         | jne                 0xb9
            //   837df800             | cmp                 dword ptr [ebp - 8], 0

        $sequence_1 = { c7854cfdffff28000000 83bd4cfdffff03 7305 e9???????? 8b8d4cfdffff }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   c7854cfdffff28000000     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x2b4], 0x28
            //   83bd4cfdffff03       | cmp                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x2b4], 3
            //   7305                 | jae                 7
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   8b8d4cfdffff         | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x2b4]

        $sequence_2 = { 8b45fc 83c001 8945fc 8b4d0c d1e9 394dfc }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   8b45fc               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   83c001               | add                 eax, 1
            //   8945fc               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], eax
            //   8b4d0c               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc]
            //   d1e9                 | shr                 ecx, 1
            //   394dfc               | cmp                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], ecx

        $sequence_3 = { 33d2 7596 837de800 7417 8b4508 8b08 }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   33d2                 | xor                 edx, edx
            //   7596                 | jne                 0xffffff98
            //   837de800             | cmp                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x18], 0
            //   7417                 | je                  0x19
            //   8b4508               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp + 8]
            //   8b08                 | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [eax]

        $sequence_4 = { 8995ecfeffff c785c4feffff00000000 c745fc00000000 c745f800000000 c685f0feffff00 68ff000000 6a00 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   8995ecfeffff         | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x114], edx
            //   c785c4feffff00000000     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x13c], 0
            //   c745fc00000000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], 0
            //   c745f800000000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 8], 0
            //   c685f0feffff00       | mov                 byte ptr [ebp - 0x110], 0
            //   68ff000000           | push                0xff
            //   6a00                 | push                0

        $sequence_5 = { 50 e8???????? 83c40c c745fc01000000 c745f804010000 8d4df8 }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c40c               | add                 esp, 0xc
            //   c745fc01000000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], 1
            //   c745f804010000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 8], 0x104
            //   8d4df8               | lea                 ecx, [ebp - 8]

        $sequence_6 = { 51 ff15???????? 33c0 eb03 83c8ff }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   51                   | push                ecx
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax
            //   eb03                 | jmp                 5
            //   83c8ff               | or                  eax, 0xffffffff

        $sequence_7 = { 52 ff15???????? c745f400000000 eb09 8b45f4 }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   52                   | push                edx
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   c745f400000000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0xc], 0
            //   eb09                 | jmp                 0xb
            //   8b45f4               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0xc]

        $sequence_8 = { 7405 e9???????? 6830020000 6a00 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   7405                 | je                  7
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   6830020000           | push                0x230
            //   6a00                 | push                0

        $sequence_9 = { 8b4dfc 0fb611 33d0 8b45fc 8810 8b4dfc }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   8b4dfc               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   0fb611               | movzx               edx, byte ptr [ecx]
            //   33d0                 | xor                 edx, eax
            //   8b45fc               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   8810                 | mov                 byte ptr [eax], dl
            //   8b4dfc               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 4]

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 73728
}
[TLP:WHITE] win_sinowal_w0   (20170517 | Quarian Identifying Strings)
/*
    This Yara ruleset is under the GNU-GPLv2 license (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html) and open to any user or organization, as    long as you use it under this license.

*/

rule win_sinowal_w0 {
    meta:
        description = "Quarian Identifying Strings"
        author = "Seth Hardy"
        last_modified = "2014-07-09"
		source = "https://github.com/mattulm/sfiles_yara/blob/master/malware/Quarian.yar"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.sinowal"
        malpedia_version = "20170517"
        malpedia_license = "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"
        
    strings:
        $ = "s061779s061750"
        $ = "[OnUpLoadFile]"
        $ = "[OnDownLoadFile]"
        $ = "[FileTransfer]"
        $ = "---- Not connect the Manager, so start UnInstall ----"
        $ = "------- Enter CompressDownLoadDir ---------"
        $ = "------- Enter DownLoadDirectory ---------"
        $ = "[HandleAdditionalData]"
        $ = "[mswsocket.dll]"
        $ = "msupdate.dll........Enter ThreadCmd!"
        $ = "ok1-1"
        $ = "msupdate_tmp.dll"
        $ = "replace Rpcss.dll successfully!"
        $ = "f:\\loadhiddendriver-mdl\\objfre_win7_x86\\i386\\intelnat.pdb"
        $ = "\\drivercashe\\" wide ascii
        $ = "\\microsoft\\windwos\\" wide ascii
        $ = "\\DosDevices\\LOADHIDDENDRIVER" wide ascii
        $ = "\\Device\\LOADHIDDENDRIVER" wide ascii
        $ = "Global\\state_maping" wide ascii
        $ = "E:\\Code\\2.0\\2.0_multi-port\\2.0\\ServerInstall_New-2010-0913_sp3\\msupdataDll\\Release\\msupdate_tmp.pdb"
        $ = "Global\\unInstall_event_1554_Ower" wide ascii
        
    condition:
       any of them
}
[TLP:WHITE] win_sinowal_w1   (20170517 | Quarian code features)
/*
    This Yara ruleset is under the GNU-GPLv2 license (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html) and open to any user or organization, as    long as you use it under this license.

*/

rule win_sinowal_w1 {
    meta:
        description = "Quarian code features"
        author = "Seth Hardy"
        last_modified = "2014-07-09"
		source = "https://github.com/mattulm/sfiles_yara/blob/master/malware/Quarian.yar"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.sinowal"
        malpedia_version = "20170517"
        malpedia_license = "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"
        
    strings:
        // decrypt in intelnat.sys
        $ = { C1 E? 04 8B ?? F? C1 E? 05 33 C? }
        // decrypt in mswsocket.dll
        $ = { C1 EF 05 C1 E3 04 33 FB }
        $ = { 33 D8 81 EE 47 86 C8 61 }
        // loop in msupdate.dll
        $ = { FF 45 E8 81 45 EC CC 00 00 00 E9 95 FE FF FF }
    
    condition:
        any of them
}
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