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SoundBill

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According to Cisco Talos, this is a customized shellcode loader that has been observed to stage Mimikatz and CobaltStrike.

References
2025-08-15Cisco TalosAsheer Malhotra, Brandon White, Vitor Ventura
UAT-7237 targets Taiwanese web hosting infrastructure
SoundBill UAT-7237
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_soundbill_auto (20260504 | Detects win.soundbill.)
rule win_soundbill_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.soundbill."
        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.soundbill"
        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 = { 4c8d0dffb30100 b904000000 4c8d05ebb30100 488d15ecb30100 e8???????? 4c8d0df8b30100 b907000000 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   4c8d0dffb30100       | cmp                 eax, -1
            //   b904000000           | je                  0x1e6
            //   4c8d05ebb30100       | je                  0x43f
            //   488d15ecb30100       | dec                 esp
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4c8d0df8b30100       | lea                 esi, [0x2540b]
            //   b907000000           | dec                 eax

        $sequence_1 = { 4983ff10 490f43c6 3a1438 753a 4885ff 7510 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   4983ff10             | inc                 ecx
            //   490f43c6             | and                 dword ptr [ecx + 0x34], 0
            //   3a1438               | inc                 esp
            //   753a                 | mov                 ebp, edi
            //   4885ff               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x75], edi
            //   7510                 | jmp                 0x776

        $sequence_2 = { 83f8ff 7453 c6430800 33ff 4c8b742430 85f6 0f85f4000000 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   83f8ff               | dec                 eax
            //   7453                 | lea                 edx, [0x1e47a]
            //   c6430800             | dec                 ecx
            //   33ff                 | mov                 edx, 0x76d77870
            //   4c8b742430           | mov                 eax, 0x41a11d36
            //   85f6                 | mov                 byte ptr [esp], al
            //   0f85f4000000         | cmp                 byte ptr [ebp - 0x77], 0

        $sequence_3 = { 4c8d05c6440400 4c8905???????? 4c8bd1 4d85c9 7413 498b01 48635004 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   4c8d05c6440400       | jae                 0x157
            //   4c8905????????       |                     
            //   4c8bd1               | inc                 esp
            //   4d85c9               | cmp                 esp, esi
            //   7413                 | jg                  0x24b
            //   498b01               | inc                 dword ptr [esp + 0x24]
            //   48635004             | jmp                 0x268

        $sequence_4 = { 488d55c0 488d4c2470 e8???????? 90 660f6f05???????? f30f7f442460 c644245000 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   488d55c0             | dec                 eax
            //   488d4c2470           | lea                 edx, [0x4751d]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   90                   | dec                 esp
            //   660f6f05????????     |                     
            //   f30f7f442460         | mov                 eax, eax
            //   c644245000           | dec                 eax

        $sequence_5 = { 8bcf e8???????? 488bd7 4c8d0557a30200 83e23f 488bcf }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   8bcf                 | add                 esp, 0x130
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   488bd7               | inc                 ecx
            //   4c8d0557a30200       | pop                 edi
            //   83e23f               | inc                 ecx
            //   488bcf               | pop                 esi

        $sequence_6 = { 0f87a3030000 e8???????? 0f10442428 0f11442450 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   0f87a3030000         | dec                 eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   0f10442428           | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebx]
            //   0f11442450           | je                  0x362

        $sequence_7 = { 660f73d908 66480f7ec8 4883f810 480f43ca e8???????? 4885c0 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   660f73d908           | dec                 eax
            //   66480f7ec8           | lea                 edx, [esp + 0x70]
            //   4883f810             | dec                 eax
            //   480f43ca             | cmp                 edx, 0x10
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4885c0               | jb                  0x8fc

        $sequence_8 = { 488d1d64fe0300 488d0575fe0300 480f44d8 ba01000000 488d4c2428 e8???????? 4c8bc0 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   488d1d64fe0300       | dec                 eax
            //   488d0575fe0300       | lea                 ecx, [0x4c573]
            //   480f44d8             | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x18], 0x65746f72
            //   ba01000000           | mov                 word ptr [ebp - 0x14], 0x7463
            //   488d4c2428           | inc                 esp
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4c8bc0               | mov                 byte ptr [ebp - 0x12], ch

        $sequence_9 = { ba01000000 488d4daf e8???????? 90 33ff 498bd7 488bcb }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   ba01000000           | mov                 ecx, eax
            //   488d4daf             | call                ebx
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   90                   | dec                 esp
            //   33ff                 | mov                 edi, eax
            //   498bd7               | dec                 eax
            //   488bcb               | test                eax, eax

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 973824
}
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