This is a stealer used by LockBit 2.0.
rule win_stealbit_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" version = "1" description = "Detects win.stealbit." 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.stealbit" 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 = { e8???????? ffd0 8b55f8 8bc8 e8???????? 85c0 } // n = 6, score = 300 // e8???????? | // ffd0 | call eax // 8b55f8 | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp - 8] // 8bc8 | mov ecx, eax // e8???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax $sequence_1 = { 6a6b 668945a4 58 668945a6 33c0 6a61 668945a8 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 6a6b | push 0x6b // 668945a4 | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x5c], ax // 58 | pop eax // 668945a6 | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x5a], ax // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 6a61 | push 0x61 // 668945a8 | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x58], ax $sequence_2 = { 85c0 740c f0ff8eac020000 e9???????? ff74241c 8d86b8020000 ff74241c } // n = 7, score = 300 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 740c | je 0xe // f0ff8eac020000 | lock dec dword ptr [esi + 0x2ac] // e9???????? | // ff74241c | push dword ptr [esp + 0x1c] // 8d86b8020000 | lea eax, [esi + 0x2b8] // ff74241c | push dword ptr [esp + 0x1c] $sequence_3 = { 8b4508 83e801 7410 83e801 740b 83e801 750a } // n = 7, score = 300 // 8b4508 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 83e801 | sub eax, 1 // 7410 | je 0x12 // 83e801 | sub eax, 1 // 740b | je 0xd // 83e801 | sub eax, 1 // 750a | jne 0xc $sequence_4 = { 8bcf e8???????? 85c0 7529 6a05 8d45dc 8bd6 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 8bcf | mov ecx, edi // e8???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7529 | jne 0x2b // 6a05 | push 5 // 8d45dc | lea eax, [ebp - 0x24] // 8bd6 | mov edx, esi $sequence_5 = { 33ff 85c9 7469 a1???????? } // n = 4, score = 300 // 33ff | xor edi, edi // 85c9 | test ecx, ecx // 7469 | je 0x6b // a1???????? | $sequence_6 = { 6a03 8d45f4 897ddc 50 8d45c8 c745e8806967ff 50 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 6a03 | push 3 // 8d45f4 | lea eax, [ebp - 0xc] // 897ddc | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x24], edi // 50 | push eax // 8d45c8 | lea eax, [ebp - 0x38] // c745e8806967ff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x18], 0xff676980 // 50 | push eax $sequence_7 = { 6689bd84feffff 6689bd76feffff 66898560feffff 6a73 58 6a2e } // n = 6, score = 300 // 6689bd84feffff | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x17c], di // 6689bd76feffff | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x18a], di // 66898560feffff | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x1a0], ax // 6a73 | push 0x73 // 58 | pop eax // 6a2e | push 0x2e $sequence_8 = { a1???????? ff34b0 e8???????? ffd0 } // n = 4, score = 300 // a1???????? | // ff34b0 | push dword ptr [eax + esi*4] // e8???????? | // ffd0 | call eax $sequence_9 = { e8???????? 668bc8 66894a06 6a33 66894a08 e8???????? 6a32 } // n = 7, score = 300 // e8???????? | // 668bc8 | mov cx, ax // 66894a06 | mov word ptr [edx + 6], cx // 6a33 | push 0x33 // 66894a08 | mov word ptr [edx + 8], cx // e8???????? | // 6a32 | push 0x32 condition: 7 of them and filesize < 131072 }
rule win_stealbit_w0 { meta: description = "Detects Stealbit used by Lockbit 2.0 Ransomware Gang" author = "Frank Boldewin (@r3c0nst)" reference = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fboldewin/YARA-rules/master/Lockbit2.Stealbit.yar" date = "2021-08-12" hash1 = "3407f26b3d69f1dfce76782fee1256274cf92f744c65aa1ff2d3eaaaf61b0b1d" hash2 = "bd14872dd9fdead89fc074fdc5832caea4ceac02983ec41f814278130b3f943e" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.stealbit" malpedia_rule_date = "20210818" malpedia_hash = "" malpedia_version = "20210818" malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" strings: $C2Decryption = {33 C9 8B C1 83 E0 0F 8A 80 ?? ?? ?? ?? 30 81 ?? ?? ?? ?? 41 83 F9 7C 72 E9 E8} condition: uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and filesize < 100KB and $C2Decryption }
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