Actor(s): APT31
According to PTSecurity, this stealer harvests system information which is then RC4 encrypted and Base64 encoded before sending it to the C2 server.
rule win_stealer_0x3401_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.stealer_0x3401." 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.stealer_0x3401" 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 = { a1???????? 33c4 89442420 53 56 57 68???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // a1???????? | // 33c4 | xor eax, esp // 89442420 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x20], eax // 53 | push ebx // 56 | push esi // 57 | push edi // 68???????? | $sequence_1 = { 75f9 2bc2 50 57 8d4dd8 e8???????? 8d45d8 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 75f9 | jne 0xfffffffb // 2bc2 | sub eax, edx // 50 | push eax // 57 | push edi // 8d4dd8 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x28] // e8???????? | // 8d45d8 | lea eax, [ebp - 0x28] $sequence_2 = { ffd7 85c0 0f85ac010000 8985c8feffff 3906 } // n = 5, score = 100 // ffd7 | call edi // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 0f85ac010000 | jne 0x1b2 // 8985c8feffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x138], eax // 3906 | cmp dword ptr [esi], eax $sequence_3 = { 8d8d60beffff 8d5102 90 668b01 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 8d8d60beffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x41a0] // 8d5102 | lea edx, [ecx + 2] // 90 | nop // 668b01 | mov ax, word ptr [ecx] $sequence_4 = { e8???????? 83c404 894598 50 57 ffd6 } // n = 6, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 83c404 | add esp, 4 // 894598 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x68], eax // 50 | push eax // 57 | push edi // ffd6 | call esi $sequence_5 = { 7605 e8???????? 8bc8 51 e8???????? 83c404 6aff } // n = 7, score = 100 // 7605 | jbe 7 // e8???????? | // 8bc8 | mov ecx, eax // 51 | push ecx // e8???????? | // 83c404 | add esp, 4 // 6aff | push -1 $sequence_6 = { 8d4d90 0f28d9 0f28d1 f20f591d???????? e8???????? 6aff } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8d4d90 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x70] // 0f28d9 | movaps xmm3, xmm1 // 0f28d1 | movaps xmm2, xmm1 // f20f591d???????? | // e8???????? | // 6aff | push -1 $sequence_7 = { 8b4710 c6040800 8d4601 3b4508 8b45f0 0f8315020000 0fb60c06 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b4710 | mov eax, dword ptr [edi + 0x10] // c6040800 | mov byte ptr [eax + ecx], 0 // 8d4601 | lea eax, [esi + 1] // 3b4508 | cmp eax, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 8b45f0 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x10] // 0f8315020000 | jae 0x21b // 0fb60c06 | movzx ecx, byte ptr [esi + eax] $sequence_8 = { 8d90b4610210 5f 668b02 8d5202 668901 8d4902 83ef01 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8d90b4610210 | lea edx, [eax + 0x100261b4] // 5f | pop edi // 668b02 | mov ax, word ptr [edx] // 8d5202 | lea edx, [edx + 2] // 668901 | mov word ptr [ecx], ax // 8d4902 | lea ecx, [ecx + 2] // 83ef01 | sub edi, 1 $sequence_9 = { 6aff 68???????? 64a100000000 50 b8a0820000 e8???????? a1???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 6aff | push -1 // 68???????? | // 64a100000000 | mov eax, dword ptr fs:[0] // 50 | push eax // b8a0820000 | mov eax, 0x82a0 // e8???????? | // a1???????? | condition: 7 of them and filesize < 357376 }
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