According to Cisco Talos, this is a customized shellcode loader that has been observed to stage Mimikatz and CobaltStrike.
rule win_soundbill_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" 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 = "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 = { e8???????? 85c0 740a b8ff000000 e9???????? 488d15ab930200 488d0d2c930200 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 85c0 | lea edx, [0x2d10e] // 740a | and eax, 0x3f // b8ff000000 | dec eax // e9???????? | // 488d15ab930200 | lea ecx, [eax + eax*8] // 488d0d2c930200 | dec eax $sequence_1 = { e8???????? 488d0d25500300 4883c428 e9???????? 4053 4883ec20 b901000000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 488d0d25500300 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x1a0] // 4883c428 | dec eax // e9???????? | // 4053 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax + 0x88] // 4883ec20 | dec eax // b901000000 | lea eax, [0x22505] $sequence_2 = { e8???????? 488d05f1660300 4533c0 488bd3 488905???????? 488d0d15e50400 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 488d05f1660300 | dec ebp // 4533c0 | add esp, eax // 488bd3 | dec esp // 488905???????? | // 488d0d15e50400 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x71], esp // e8???????? | $sequence_3 = { c745c856145e56 66c745cc563a c7450043726561 c7450474654669 c745086c654d61 } // n = 5, score = 100 // c745c856145e56 | subsd xmm1, xmm2 // 66c745cc563a | mulsd xmm1, qword ptr [ecx + eax*8] // c7450043726561 | movapd xmm2, xmm1 // c7450474654669 | dec eax // c745086c654d61 | lea ecx, [0x23ab8] $sequence_4 = { 4883ec20 488d1dc7a80300 488d3dc0a80300 eb12 488b03 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 4883ec20 | dec eax // 488d1dc7a80300 | mov ecx, edx // 488d3dc0a80300 | call dword ptr [eax + 0x30] // eb12 | jmp 0x4d6 // 488b03 | dec esp $sequence_5 = { 4963c8 488d1489 498d1cd2 4803df 33c9 0fb6440b18 48ffc1 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4963c8 | dec eax // 488d1489 | mov dword ptr [ecx], eax // 498d1cd2 | test dl, 1 // 4803df | je 0x3e1 // 33c9 | inc eax // 0fb6440b18 | push ebx // 48ffc1 | dec eax $sequence_6 = { 4053 4883ec20 488bd9 488bc2 488d0d8daa0200 48890b } // n = 6, score = 100 // 4053 | dec esp // 4883ec20 | lea ebx, [esp + 0x150] // 488bd9 | dec ecx // 488bc2 | mov ebx, dword ptr [ebx + 0x30] // 488d0d8daa0200 | dec ecx // 48890b | mov esi, dword ptr [ebx + 0x38] $sequence_7 = { 488bd9 488bc2 488d0d8daa0200 48890b 488d5308 33c9 48890a } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488bd9 | dec esp // 488bc2 | lea esi, [0x251b5] // 488d0d8daa0200 | dec eax // 48890b | mov eax, dword ptr [ebx + 0x10] // 488d5308 | mov dword ptr [ebx + 0x48], ebp // 33c9 | inc dword ptr [ebx + 0x468] // 48890a | cmp dword ptr [ebx + 0x468], 2 $sequence_8 = { 48c745bf00000000 48c745c70f000000 c645af00 440fb6c6 ba01000000 488d4daf e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 48c745bf00000000 | dec eax // 48c745c70f000000 | inc eax // c645af00 | dec eax // 440fb6c6 | mov dword ptr [ebx], eax // ba01000000 | jae 0x1835 // 488d4daf | dec eax // e8???????? | $sequence_9 = { 49ffc5 41ffc7 488d45af 4883fe10 490f43c6 803c387f 747d } // n = 7, score = 100 // 49ffc5 | inc ecx // 41ffc7 | push edi // 488d45af | dec eax // 4883fe10 | lea ebp, [eax - 0xf8] // 490f43c6 | dec eax // 803c387f | sub esp, 0x1e0 // 747d | dec eax condition: 7 of them and filesize < 973824 }
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