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win.skipper (Back to overview)

Skipper

aka: Kotel

Actor(s): Turla

VTCollection    

There is no description at this point.

References
2020-03-12ESET ResearchMatthieu Faou
Tracking Turla: New backdoor delivered via Armenian watering holes
LightNeuron Mosquito NetFlash Skipper
2020-03-04CrowdStrikeCrowdStrike
2020 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report
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2020-03-03PWC UKPWC UK
Cyber Threats 2019:A Year in Retrospect
KevDroid MESSAGETAP magecart AndroMut Cobalt Strike CobInt Crimson RAT DNSpionage Dridex Dtrack Emotet FlawedAmmyy FlawedGrace FriedEx Gandcrab Get2 GlobeImposter Grateful POS ISFB Kazuar LockerGoga Nokki QakBot Ramnit REvil Rifdoor RokRAT Ryuk shadowhammer ShadowPad Shifu Skipper StoneDrill Stuxnet TrickBot Winnti ZeroCleare APT41 MUSTANG PANDA Sea Turtle
2020-01-01SecureworksSecureWorks
IRON HUNTER
Agent.BTZ Cobra Carbon System LightNeuron Mosquito Nautilus Neuron Skipper Uroburos Turla
2019-05-19TelsyWebmaster
Following the Turla’s Skipper over the ocean of cyber operations
Skipper
2018-10-04Kaspersky LabsGReAT
Shedding Skin – Turla’s Fresh Faces
KopiLuwak Agent.BTZ Cobra Carbon System Gazer Meterpreter Mosquito Skipper
2017-06-06ESET ResearchJean-Ian Boutin
Turla’s watering hole campaign: An updated Firefox extension abusing Instagram
HTML5 Encoding Skipper
2016-06-30BitdefenderBitdefender
Pacifier APT
Skipper
2015-01-01BitdefenderAndrei Ardelean, Claudiu Cobliș, Cristian Istrate, Marius Tivadar
New Pacifier APT Components Point to Russian-Linked Turla Group
KopiLuwak Gazer Skipper
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_skipper_auto (20260504 | Detects win.skipper.)
rule win_skipper_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.skipper."
        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.skipper"
        malpedia_rule_date = "20260422"
        malpedia_hash = "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14"
        malpedia_version = "20260504"
        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 = { 6a00 6a00 6a03 68???????? 68???????? 6a50 }
            // n = 6, score = 600
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a03                 | push                3
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   6a50                 | push                0x50

        $sequence_1 = { ff15???????? 6a00 6a00 6a00 6a00 68???????? 68???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 500
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   6a00                 | inc                 esp
            //   6a00                 | mov                 eax, ecx
            //   6a00                 | inc                 esp
            //   6a00                 | mov                 ecx, ecx
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   68????????           |                     

        $sequence_2 = { 6804010000 e8???????? 6804010000 8bf8 6a00 }
            // n = 5, score = 500
            //   6804010000           | dec                 eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   6804010000           | lea                 ebx, [esp]
            //   8bf8                 | dec                 esp
            //   6a00                 | lea                 eax, [esp]

        $sequence_3 = { 6800803801 6a00 ff37 e8???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 400
            //   6800803801           | push                0
            //   6a00                 | push                edi
            //   ff37                 | push                0x104
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_4 = { b9???????? e8???????? 83c428 53 }
            // n = 4, score = 400
            //   b9????????           |                     
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c428               | dec                 eax
            //   53                   | xor                 eax, esp

        $sequence_5 = { e8???????? 6804010000 6a00 50 89442430 e8???????? 6804010000 }
            // n = 7, score = 400
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   6804010000           | inc                 eax
            //   6a00                 | dec                 eax
            //   50                   | lea                 edx, [edx + 1]
            //   89442430             | cmp                 eax, 0x100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   6804010000           | jl                  8

        $sequence_6 = { b9???????? e8???????? 57 53 56 }
            // n = 5, score = 400
            //   b9????????           |                     
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   57                   | mov                 byte ptr [ebx - 1], dl
            //   53                   | dec                 eax
            //   56                   | dec                 ebx

        $sequence_7 = { e8???????? 53 6a11 68???????? b9???????? e8???????? 6a04 }
            // n = 7, score = 400
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   53                   | inc                 edx
            //   6a11                 | xor                 dl, byte ptr [edi + ebx - 1]
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   b9????????           |                     
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   6a04                 | inc                 ecx

        $sequence_8 = { 83c404 6a00 6a64 52 50 }
            // n = 5, score = 300
            //   83c404               | add                 esp, 4
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a64                 | push                0x64
            //   52                   | push                edx
            //   50                   | push                eax

        $sequence_9 = { ffc0 488d5201 3d00010000 7cf1 448bc1 448bc9 488d1c24 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   ffc0                 | sub                 esp, 0x28
            //   488d5201             | dec                 eax
            //   3d00010000           | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [edx + 8]
            //   7cf1                 | test                eax, eax
            //   448bc1               | je                  0xf
            //   448bc9               | inc                 eax
            //   488d1c24             | mov                 byte ptr [edx], dh

        $sequence_10 = { 408832 4181f900010000 7c9a 488bdd 85ed }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   408832               | dec                 eax
            //   4181f900010000       | lea                 edx, [0xda9e]
            //   7c9a                 | inc                 esp
            //   488bdd               | lea                 eax, [eax + 0x15]
            //   85ed                 | dec                 eax

        $sequence_11 = { 8a95e4feffff 88940df0feffff ebd0 c785e8feffff00000000 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   8a95e4feffff         | mov                 dl, byte ptr [ebp - 0x11c]
            //   88940df0feffff       | mov                 byte ptr [ebp + ecx - 0x110], dl
            //   ebd0                 | jmp                 0xffffffd2
            //   c785e8feffff00000000     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x118], 0

        $sequence_12 = { 48897c2420 4156 4881ec10010000 488b05???????? 4833c4 }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   48897c2420           | movzx               eax, byte ptr [edx]
            //   4156                 | dec                 eax
            //   4881ec10010000       | xor                 eax, esp
            //   488b05????????       |                     
            //   4833c4               | dec                 eax

        $sequence_13 = { 888c05f0feffff 0fb695e8feffff 8a85effeffff 888415f0feffff }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   888c05f0feffff       | mov                 byte ptr [ebp + eax - 0x110], cl
            //   0fb695e8feffff       | movzx               edx, byte ptr [ebp - 0x118]
            //   8a85effeffff         | mov                 al, byte ptr [ebp - 0x111]
            //   888415f0feffff       | mov                 byte ptr [ebp + edx - 0x110], al

        $sequence_14 = { eb0f 8b85e0feffff 83c001 8985e0feffff 81bde0feffff00010000 0f8d84000000 8b8de0feffff }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   eb0f                 | push                0
            //   8b85e0feffff         | push                eax
            //   83c001               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x20], eax
            //   8985e0feffff         | push                4
            //   81bde0feffff00010000     | mov    edi, eax
            //   0f8d84000000         | push                edi
            //   8b8de0feffff         | mov                 edi, eax

        $sequence_15 = { 488d1424 448bd1 8bc1 0f1f840000000000 8802 ffc0 488d5201 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   488d1424             | add                 eax, eax
            //   448bd1               | inc                 ecx
            //   8bc1                 | movzx               eax, dl
            //   0f1f840000000000     | inc                 ebp
            //   8802                 | movzx               ecx, byte ptr [eax]
            //   ffc0                 | dec                 eax
            //   488d5201             | add                 edx, eax

        $sequence_16 = { 55 8bec 81ec24010000 a1???????? 33c5 8945f4 }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   55                   | push                0
            //   8bec                 | push                edi
            //   81ec24010000         | push                edi
            //   a1????????           |                     
            //   33c5                 | push                8
            //   8945f4               | xor                 eax, eax

        $sequence_17 = { 4c03c0 410fb6c2 450fb608 4803d0 0fb602 }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   4c03c0               | mov                 ecx, ebx
            //   410fb6c2             | inc                 ecx
            //   450fb608             | mov                 ecx, 0x3000
            //   4803d0               | inc                 ecx
            //   0fb602               | mov                 eax, 0x104

        $sequence_18 = { 8a85effeffff 888415f0feffff e9???????? c785dcfeffff00000000 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   8a85effeffff         | mov                 al, byte ptr [ebp - 0x111]
            //   888415f0feffff       | mov                 byte ptr [ebp + edx - 0x110], al
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   c785dcfeffff00000000     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x124], 0

        $sequence_19 = { 0fb6940df0feffff 0fb645fc 0fb68c05f0feffff 03d1 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   0fb6940df0feffff     | movzx               edx, byte ptr [ebp + ecx - 0x110]
            //   0fb645fc             | movzx               eax, byte ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   0fb68c05f0feffff     | movzx               ecx, byte ptr [ebp + eax - 0x110]
            //   03d1                 | add                 edx, ecx

        $sequence_20 = { 410fb6c0 488d1424 41ffc1 4803d0 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   410fb6c0             | mov                 edi, eax
            //   488d1424             | dec                 esp
            //   41ffc1               | lea                 eax, [esp + 0xf0]
            //   4803d0               | dec                 eax

        $sequence_21 = { 81bde0feffff00010000 0f8d84000000 8b8de0feffff 0fb68c0df0feffff 038de8feffff 8b85e0feffff }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   81bde0feffff00010000     | cmp    dword ptr [ebp - 0x120], 0x100
            //   0f8d84000000         | jge                 0x8a
            //   8b8de0feffff         | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x120]
            //   0fb68c0df0feffff     | movzx               ecx, byte ptr [ebp + ecx - 0x110]
            //   038de8feffff         | add                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x118]
            //   8b85e0feffff         | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x120]

        $sequence_22 = { 41ffc1 4803d0 48ffc3 0fb602 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   41ffc1               | lea                 edx, [0x58c9]
            //   4803d0               | dec                 eax
            //   48ffc3               | mov                 ecx, ebx
            //   0fb602               | dec                 eax

        $sequence_23 = { 4833c4 4889842400010000 4c8b9c2440010000 33c9 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   4833c4               | dec                 eax
            //   4889842400010000     | mov                 ecx, eax
            //   4c8b9c2440010000     | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x20], 4
            //   33c9                 | dec                 eax

        $sequence_24 = { 8b4df8 0fb6940df0feffff 0355fc 81e2ff000080 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   8b4df8               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 8]
            //   0fb6940df0feffff     | movzx               edx, byte ptr [ebp + ecx - 0x110]
            //   0355fc               | add                 edx, dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   81e2ff000080         | and                 edx, 0x800000ff

        $sequence_25 = { 41b900300000 41b804010000 488bc8 c744242004000000 488bf8 ff15???????? 4c8d8424f0000000 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   41b900300000         | lea                 ecx, [0x9aa3]
            //   41b804010000         | dec                 eax
            //   488bc8               | mov                 dword ptr [ebx + eax], ecx
            //   c744242004000000     | dec                 eax
            //   488bf8               | lea                 eax, [0x9f7d]
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   4c8d8424f0000000     | je                  0x11

        $sequence_26 = { 6a0d 58 5d c3 8b04cdaca72300 5d c3 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   6a0d                 | push                0x104
            //   58                   | mov                 edi, eax
            //   5d                   | push                0
            //   c3                   | push                edi
            //   8b04cdaca72300       | push                0
            //   5d                   | push                0
            //   c3                   | push                0

        $sequence_27 = { ff15???????? 488d15c9580000 488bcb 488905???????? ff15???????? }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   488d15c9580000       | cmp                 dword ptr [eax], ecx
            //   488bcb               | je                  0x14
            //   488905????????       |                     
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_28 = { 68???????? ff15???????? 8b3d???????? 85c0 0f84e4000000 6a39 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   8b3d????????         |                     
            //   85c0                 | push                0x50
            //   0f84e4000000         | push                3
            //   6a39                 | push                0x50

        $sequence_29 = { 8b8dd4feffff 51 ff15???????? 8985e4feffff 6a04 6800300000 6804010000 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   8b8dd4feffff         | push                0
            //   51                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   8985e4feffff         | push                0x104
            //   6a04                 | push                0x104
            //   6800300000           | mov                 edi, eax
            //   6804010000           | push                0

        $sequence_30 = { 8b45e0 8b0485606d4100 f644180401 7428 57 e8???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   8b45e0               | push                ebp
            //   8b0485606d4100       | mov                 ebp, esp
            //   f644180401           | push                0
            //   7428                 | push                0
            //   57                   | push                3
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_31 = { 8d95e0feffff 52 6a00 8b85d8feffff 50 }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   8d95e0feffff         | push                ebx
            //   52                   | push                0x104
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   8b85d8feffff         | push                eax
            //   50                   | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x30], eax

        $sequence_32 = { bf???????? 833cf574a0230001 751e 8d04f570a02300 8938 }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   bf????????           |                     
            //   833cf574a0230001     | push                0x104
            //   751e                 | push                ebx
            //   8d04f570a02300       | push                0x11
            //   8938                 | push                4

        $sequence_33 = { 4885c0 7507 b81a000000 eb23 488d0da39a0000 48890c03 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   4885c0               | test                eax, eax
            //   7507                 | inc                 esp
            //   b81a000000           | mov                 esi, eax
            //   eb23                 | jne                 0xf9
            //   488d0da39a0000       | dec                 eax
            //   48890c03             | lea                 ecx, [0x5920]

        $sequence_34 = { 72ed 48833d????????00 741f 488d0d4a140100 e8???????? 85c0 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   72ed                 | lea                 eax, [ecx + 0x28]
            //   48833d????????00     |                     
            //   741f                 | inc                 ecx
            //   488d0d4a140100       | mov                 eax, 6
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   85c0                 | dec                 eax

        $sequence_35 = { 488d057d9f0000 740f 3908 740e 4883c010 4883780800 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   488d057d9f0000       | xor                 edx, edx
            //   740f                 | inc                 ecx
            //   3908                 | mov                 eax, 0x800
            //   740e                 | dec                 eax
            //   4883c010             | test                eax, eax
            //   4883780800           | jne                 9

        $sequence_36 = { 488d159eda0000 448d4015 488bcb e8???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   488d159eda0000       | mov                 eax, 0x1a
            //   448d4015             | jmp                 0x25
            //   488bcb               | dec                 eax
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_37 = { e8???????? 48393d???????? 448bf0 0f85f3000000 488d0d20590000 33d2 41b800080000 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   48393d????????       |                     
            //   448bf0               | lea                 edx, [0xae8c]
            //   0f85f3000000         | jb                  0xffffffef
            //   488d0d20590000       | je                  0x21
            //   33d2                 | dec                 eax
            //   41b800080000         | lea                 ecx, [0x1144a]

        $sequence_38 = { 8d8ddcfeffff 8d5101 8a01 41 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   8d8ddcfeffff         | push                0
            //   8d5101               | push                edi
            //   8a01                 | push                0x104
            //   41                   | mov                 byte ptr [esp + 0x13], 0

        $sequence_39 = { c745e4a06c4100 a1???????? 33db 43 895de0 }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   c745e4a06c4100       | push                0x104
            //   a1????????           |                     
            //   33db                 | push                0
            //   43                   | push                eax
            //   895de0               | ret                 

        $sequence_40 = { 8bbdccfeffff 8b0d???????? 890f 8b15???????? 895704 66a1???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   8bbdccfeffff         | push                edi
            //   8b0d????????         |                     
            //   890f                 | push                0x104
            //   8b15????????         |                     
            //   895704               | push                0x104
            //   66a1????????         |                     

        $sequence_41 = { 8b7508 c7465cd8812300 33ff 47 897e14 85c0 7424 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   8b7508               | push                0
            //   c7465cd8812300       | push                0
            //   33ff                 | push                0x104
            //   47                   | push                0x104
            //   897e14               | mov                 edi, eax
            //   85c0                 | push                0
            //   7424                 | push                0x104

        $sequence_42 = { 8810 33ff 8d5001 8b048d606d4100 47 4e 807d1300 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   8810                 | push                0x104
            //   33ff                 | push                0x104
            //   8d5001               | mov                 edi, eax
            //   8b048d606d4100       | push                0
            //   47                   | push                0
            //   4e                   | push                0
            //   807d1300             | push                0

        $sequence_43 = { 6804010000 8b85d8feffff 50 8b8de4feffff 51 ff15???????? 5f }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   6804010000           | push                3
            //   8b85d8feffff         | push                0x50
            //   50                   | push                3
            //   8b8de4feffff         | push                0x50
            //   51                   | push                0
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   5f                   | push                0

        $sequence_44 = { 488b81f8000000 4885c0 7403 f0ff00 488d4128 41b806000000 488d158cae0000 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   488b81f8000000       | dec                 eax
            //   4885c0               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ecx + 0xf8]
            //   7403                 | dec                 eax
            //   f0ff00               | test                eax, eax
            //   488d4128             | je                  5
            //   41b806000000         | lock inc            dword ptr [eax]
            //   488d158cae0000       | dec                 eax

        $sequence_45 = { 33c0 39b8b8a62300 0f8491000000 ff45e4 83c030 }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   33c0                 | push                0
            //   39b8b8a62300         | push                0
            //   0f8491000000         | push                3
            //   ff45e4               | push                0x50
            //   83c030               | push                0

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 262144
}
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