Actor(s): APT28
According to CERT-UA, this is a malware developed using the C++ programming language. The main functional purpose is the production of screenshots.
rule win_slimagent_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.slimagent." 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.slimagent" malpedia_rule_date = "20260916" malpedia_hash = "53a643781c18e08f4a50949af60172d837a0b6f6" malpedia_version = "20260917" 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 = { c3 e8???????? 90 895c2438 b906000000 e8???????? 90 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c3 | and dword ptr [esp + 0x28], 0 // e8???????? | // 90 | dec eax // 895c2438 | lea eax, [0xffffda93] // b906000000 | dec eax // e8???????? | // 90 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x30], eax $sequence_1 = { 6683e230 e9???????? 4c8b6d58 488d05da500100 33db 4c3be8 0f857b010000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 6683e230 | mov ecx, eax // e9???????? | // 4c8b6d58 | inc ecx // 488d05da500100 | mov eax, ecx // 33db | xor ecx, edx // 4c3be8 | sub ecx, edx // 0f857b010000 | dec esp $sequence_2 = { 488d4c2420 e8???????? 488d15d7d70200 488d4c2420 e8???????? cc 4053 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488d4c2420 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x30], eax // e8???????? | // 488d15d7d70200 | jmp 0xf4b // 488d4c2420 | dec eax // e8???????? | // cc | mov eax, dword ptr [ebx + 0x88] // 4053 | dec eax $sequence_3 = { e8???????? 488d153ee10300 488d4c2440 e8???????? } // n = 4, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 488d153ee10300 | dec esp // 488d4c2440 | lea eax, [0x15c3b] // e8???????? | $sequence_4 = { ba02000000 488d4d87 e8???????? 4c896c2440 4c896c2448 0f1000 0f11442430 } // n = 7, score = 100 // ba02000000 | test al, al // 488d4d87 | jne 0x3ba // e8???????? | // 4c896c2440 | mov edx, dword ptr [edx + 0x28] // 4c896c2448 | dec eax // 0f1000 | lea eax, [0x23896] // 0f11442430 | xor ecx, ecx $sequence_5 = { 57 4883ec50 418bd9 498bf8 8bf2 4c8d0d9d030100 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 57 | dec ebx // 4883ec50 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebx + edx*8 + 0x55cb0] // 418bd9 | dec edx // 498bf8 | lea ecx, [eax + ecx*8] // 8bf2 | mov al, byte ptr [edx + esi] // 4c8d0d9d030100 | mov byte ptr [ecx + edx + 0x3e], al $sequence_6 = { 488bd9 488901 488d05aabd0100 48894110 f6c201 740a ba90000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488bd9 | mov ecx, eax // 488901 | dec eax // 488d05aabd0100 | lea edx, [0x240b3] // 48894110 | dec eax // f6c201 | mov ecx, eax // 740a | dec eax // ba90000000 | mov ecx, ebx $sequence_7 = { 488d0593daffff 4889442430 488d4c2420 e8???????? b801000000 8705???????? 85c0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488d0593daffff | dec eax // 4889442430 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x38] // 488d4c2420 | dec esp // e8???????? | // b801000000 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x38] // 8705???????? | // 85c0 | dec eax $sequence_8 = { 4883ec20 488d0587f50100 488bd9 488901 8b4118 25ffffff0f 83f803 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4883ec20 | test esi, esi // 488d0587f50100 | dec eax // 488bd9 | cmp dword ptr [ebx + 0x18], 8 // 488901 | jb 0x255 // 8b4118 | dec eax // 25ffffff0f | mov eax, dword ptr [ebx] // 83f803 | dec eax $sequence_9 = { eb4b 488bf9 482bfa 4c8b45e0 498bc0 482bc2 483bf8 } // n = 7, score = 100 // eb4b | inc ecx // 488bf9 | mov eax, 7 // 482bfa | dec eax // 4c8b45e0 | lea edx, [0x45a31] // 498bc0 | dec eax // 482bc2 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x58] // 483bf8 | nop condition: 7 of them and filesize < 769024 }
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