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win.spyeye (Back to overview)

SpyEye

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SpyEye is a malware targeting both Microsoft Windows browsers and Apple iOS Safari. Originated in Russia, it was available in dark forums for $500+ claiming to be the "The Next Zeus Malware". It performed many functionalities typical from bankers trojan such as keyloggers, auto-fill credit card modules, email backups, config files (encrypted), http access, Pop3 grabbers and FTP grabbers. SpyEye allowed hackers to steal money from online bank accounts and initiate transactions even while valid users are logged into their bank account.

References
2021-05-07Department of JusticeOffice of Public Affairs
Four Individuals Plead Guilty to RICO Conspiracy Involving “Bulletproof Hosting” for Cybercriminals
Citadel SpyEye Zeus
2021-03-31KasperskyKaspersky
Financial Cyberthreats in 2020
BetaBot DanaBot Emotet Gozi Ramnit RTM SpyEye TrickBot Zeus
2020-08-09F5 LabsDebbie Walkowski, Remi Cohen
Banking Trojans: A Reference Guide to the Malware Family Tree
BackSwap Carberp Citadel DanaBot Dridex Dyre Emotet Gozi Kronos PandaBanker Ramnit Shylock SpyEye Tinba TrickBot Vawtrak Zeus
2017-09-15MicrosoftMicrosoft
Trojan:Win32/Spyeye
SpyEye
2012-01-04PCWorldJeremy Kirk
SpyEye Malware Borrows Zeus Trick to Mask Fraud
SpyEye
2011-07-26ComputerworldJeremy Kirk
SpyEye Trojan defeating online banking defenses
SpyEye
2011-04-26Brian Krebs
SpyEye Targets Opera, Google Chrome Users
SpyEye
2010-09-17KrebsOnSecurityBrian Krebs
SpyEye Botnet’s Bogus Billing Feature
SpyEye
2010-06-15SANSHarshit Nayyar
Clash of the Titans: ZeuS v SpyEye
SpyEye
2010-04-01KrebsOnSecurityBrian Krebs
SpyEye vs. ZeuS Rivalry
SpyEye
2010-02-19MalwareIntelligenceJorge Mieres
SpyEye Bot (Part two). Conversations with the creator of crimeware
SpyEye
2010-02-04SymantecPeter Coogan
SpyEye Bot versus Zeus Bot
SpyEye
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_spyeye_auto (20251219 | Detects win.spyeye.)
rule win_spyeye_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-01-05"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.spyeye."
        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.spyeye"
        malpedia_rule_date = "20260105"
        malpedia_hash = "19b79e7cab4eaf532122e5b45a77dd8f6bb5cc79"
        malpedia_version = "20251219"
        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 = { 740e 837dfcff 7408 ff75fc }
            // n = 4, score = 700
            //   740e                 | je                  0x10
            //   837dfcff             | cmp                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], -1
            //   7408                 | je                  0xa
            //   ff75fc               | push                dword ptr [ebp - 4]

        $sequence_1 = { 8b65fc c9 c20800 55 8bec }
            // n = 5, score = 700
            //   8b65fc               | mov                 esp, dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   c9                   | leave               
            //   c20800               | ret                 8
            //   55                   | push                ebp
            //   8bec                 | mov                 ebp, esp

        $sequence_2 = { 56 6880000000 6a04 56 6a07 6800000040 57 }
            // n = 7, score = 700
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   6880000000           | push                0x80
            //   6a04                 | push                4
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   6a07                 | push                7
            //   6800000040           | push                0x40000000
            //   57                   | push                edi

        $sequence_3 = { ff7508 ffd0 8b65fc c9 c21400 55 8bec }
            // n = 7, score = 700
            //   ff7508               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 8]
            //   ffd0                 | call                eax
            //   8b65fc               | mov                 esp, dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   c9                   | leave               
            //   c21400               | ret                 0x14
            //   55                   | push                ebp
            //   8bec                 | mov                 ebp, esp

        $sequence_4 = { ff750c e8???????? 8bd8 83fbff 751b 57 }
            // n = 6, score = 700
            //   ff750c               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 0xc]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8bd8                 | mov                 ebx, eax
            //   83fbff               | cmp                 ebx, -1
            //   751b                 | jne                 0x1d
            //   57                   | push                edi

        $sequence_5 = { 837dfcff 7408 ff75fc e8???????? 3bdf }
            // n = 5, score = 700
            //   837dfcff             | cmp                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], -1
            //   7408                 | je                  0xa
            //   ff75fc               | push                dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   3bdf                 | cmp                 ebx, edi

        $sequence_6 = { 740a 83e0fe 50 57 }
            // n = 4, score = 700
            //   740a                 | je                  0xc
            //   83e0fe               | and                 eax, 0xfffffffe
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   57                   | push                edi

        $sequence_7 = { 6a02 eb08 56 6880000000 6a04 }
            // n = 5, score = 700
            //   6a02                 | push                2
            //   eb08                 | jmp                 0xa
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   6880000000           | push                0x80
            //   6a04                 | push                4

        $sequence_8 = { 6a03 57 6a01 56 ff750c e8???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 700
            //   6a03                 | push                3
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   6a01                 | push                1
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   ff750c               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 0xc]
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_9 = { 50 e8???????? 85c0 7454 57 56 }
            // n = 6, score = 700
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   7454                 | je                  0x56
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   56                   | push                esi

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 741376
}
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