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win.socelars (Back to overview)

Socelars

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Socelars is an infostealer with main focus on:
* Facebook Stealer (ads/manager)
* Cookie Stealer | AdsCreditCard {Amazon}

References
2022-10-13SpamhausSpamhaus Malware Labs
Spamhaus Botnet Threat Update Q3 2022
FluBot Arkei Stealer AsyncRAT Ave Maria BumbleBee Cobalt Strike DCRat Dridex Emotet Loki Password Stealer (PWS) Nanocore RAT NetWire RC NjRAT QakBot RecordBreaker RedLine Stealer Remcos Socelars Tofsee Vjw0rm
2022-09-15SekoiaThreat & Detection Research Team
PrivateLoader: the loader of the prevalent ruzki PPI service
Agent Tesla Coinminer DanaBot DCRat Eternity Stealer Glupteba Mars Stealer NetSupportManager RAT Nymaim Nymaim2 Phoenix Keylogger PrivateLoader Raccoon RedLine Stealer SmokeLoader Socelars STOP Vidar YTStealer
2021-09-27Trend MicroArianne Dela Cruz, Gilbert Sison, Joelson Soares, Ryan Maglaque, Warren Sto.Tomas
Fake Installers Drop Malware and Open Doors for Opportunistic Attackers
RedLine Stealer Socelars Vidar
2020-07-29ESET Researchwelivesecurity
THREAT REPORT Q2 2020
DEFENSOR ID HiddenAd Bundlore Pirrit Agent.BTZ Cerber ClipBanker CROSSWALK Cryptowall CTB Locker DanaBot Dharma Formbook Gandcrab Grandoreiro Houdini ISFB LockBit Locky Mailto Maze Microcin Nemty NjRAT Phobos PlugX Pony REvil Socelars STOP Tinba TrickBot WannaCryptor
2019-12-02Twitter (@VK_intel)Vitali Kremez
Tweet on Socelars Stealer
Socelars
2019-12-02Bleeping ComputerLawrence Abrams
Facebook Ads Manager Targeted by New Info-Stealing Trojan
Socelars
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_socelars_auto (20260504 | Detects win.socelars.)
rule win_socelars_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.socelars."
        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.socelars"
        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 = { 89548804 897c8808 c744880c00000000 c744881000000000 8b9388000000 85d2 7e16 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   89548804             | mov                 dword ptr [eax + ecx*4 + 4], edx
            //   897c8808             | mov                 dword ptr [eax + ecx*4 + 8], edi
            //   c744880c00000000     | mov                 dword ptr [eax + ecx*4 + 0xc], 0
            //   c744881000000000     | mov                 dword ptr [eax + ecx*4 + 0x10], 0
            //   8b9388000000         | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebx + 0x88]
            //   85d2                 | test                edx, edx
            //   7e16                 | jle                 0x18

        $sequence_1 = { eb07 c745ec0e000000 8b45ec 8945e8 8b4de8 894de4 8b55e4 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   eb07                 | jmp                 9
            //   c745ec0e000000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x14], 0xe
            //   8b45ec               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x14]
            //   8945e8               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x18], eax
            //   8b4de8               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x18]
            //   894de4               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c], ecx
            //   8b55e4               | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c]

        $sequence_2 = { ff742424 ba7b000000 8bce e8???????? 83c40c e9???????? 8b7c241c }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   ff742424             | push                dword ptr [esp + 0x24]
            //   ba7b000000           | mov                 edx, 0x7b
            //   8bce                 | mov                 ecx, esi
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c40c               | add                 esp, 0xc
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   8b7c241c             | mov                 edi, dword ptr [esp + 0x1c]

        $sequence_3 = { ff77f4 8b57d4 8bcb e8???????? 8bc8 894fd4 83c404 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   ff77f4               | push                dword ptr [edi - 0xc]
            //   8b57d4               | mov                 edx, dword ptr [edi - 0x2c]
            //   8bcb                 | mov                 ecx, ebx
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8bc8                 | mov                 ecx, eax
            //   894fd4               | mov                 dword ptr [edi - 0x2c], ecx
            //   83c404               | add                 esp, 4

        $sequence_4 = { 8bc8 837d0c00 894df4 0f8485000000 807f0700 7514 8b55e0 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   8bc8                 | mov                 ecx, eax
            //   837d0c00             | cmp                 dword ptr [ebp + 0xc], 0
            //   894df4               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0xc], ecx
            //   0f8485000000         | je                  0x8b
            //   807f0700             | cmp                 byte ptr [edi + 7], 0
            //   7514                 | jne                 0x16
            //   8b55e0               | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x20]

        $sequence_5 = { 8b7020 0fce 3b742438 0f87a2050000 8b4c243c 8bc1 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   8b7020               | mov                 esi, dword ptr [eax + 0x20]
            //   0fce                 | bswap               esi
            //   3b742438             | cmp                 esi, dword ptr [esp + 0x38]
            //   0f87a2050000         | ja                  0x5a8
            //   8b4c243c             | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x3c]
            //   8bc1                 | mov                 eax, ecx

        $sequence_6 = { ff7510 ff750c c6411401 8bcf ff74244c e8???????? 83c424 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   ff7510               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 0x10]
            //   ff750c               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 0xc]
            //   c6411401             | mov                 byte ptr [ecx + 0x14], 1
            //   8bcf                 | mov                 ecx, edi
            //   ff74244c             | push                dword ptr [esp + 0x4c]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c424               | add                 esp, 0x24

        $sequence_7 = { e8???????? 8bf0 8b54240c 8b4c2410 6a00 6a00 ff74242c }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8bf0                 | mov                 esi, eax
            //   8b54240c             | mov                 edx, dword ptr [esp + 0xc]
            //   8b4c2410             | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x10]
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   ff74242c             | push                dword ptr [esp + 0x2c]

        $sequence_8 = { ff742420 1bd2 ff742430 81c2a2000000 e8???????? 8b44243c 83c414 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   ff742420             | push                dword ptr [esp + 0x20]
            //   1bd2                 | sbb                 edx, edx
            //   ff742430             | push                dword ptr [esp + 0x30]
            //   81c2a2000000         | add                 edx, 0xa2
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8b44243c             | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x3c]
            //   83c414               | add                 esp, 0x14

        $sequence_9 = { e9???????? 8b45fc 8b4d10 8988c8030000 8b55fc 8b4514 8982cc030000 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   8b45fc               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   8b4d10               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10]
            //   8988c8030000         | mov                 dword ptr [eax + 0x3c8], ecx
            //   8b55fc               | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   8b4514               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x14]
            //   8982cc030000         | mov                 dword ptr [edx + 0x3cc], eax

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 2151424
}
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