Actor(s): PROMETHIUM, StrongPity
According to Mitre, StrongPity is an information stealing malware used by PROMETHIUM.
rule win_strongpity_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" version = "1" description = "Detects win.strongpity." 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.strongpity" 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 = { 6a68 668945ea 58 6a3a 668945ee 58 6a20 } // n = 7, score = 700 // 6a68 | push 0x68 // 668945ea | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x16], ax // 58 | pop eax // 6a3a | push 0x3a // 668945ee | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x12], ax // 58 | pop eax // 6a20 | push 0x20 $sequence_1 = { ff75d0 68???????? ff36 e8???????? 8b45d4 83c40c 894604 } // n = 7, score = 700 // ff75d0 | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x30] // 68???????? | // ff36 | push dword ptr [esi] // e8???????? | // 8b45d4 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x2c] // 83c40c | add esp, 0xc // 894604 | mov dword ptr [esi + 4], eax $sequence_2 = { 6a65 59 6a2d 668945d6 } // n = 4, score = 700 // 6a65 | push 0x65 // 59 | pop ecx // 6a2d | push 0x2d // 668945d6 | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x2a], ax $sequence_3 = { 680c020000 8945c8 8945d4 8945f0 } // n = 4, score = 700 // 680c020000 | push 0x20c // 8945c8 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x38], eax // 8945d4 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x2c], eax // 8945f0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x10], eax $sequence_4 = { 50 6aff 53 56 ff15???????? 85c0 } // n = 6, score = 700 // 50 | push eax // 6aff | push -1 // 53 | push ebx // 56 | push esi // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax $sequence_5 = { ba???????? f3a5 8bf2 668b02 } // n = 4, score = 700 // ba???????? | // f3a5 | rep movsd dword ptr es:[edi], dword ptr [esi] // 8bf2 | mov esi, edx // 668b02 | mov ax, word ptr [edx] $sequence_6 = { 8818 40 83e901 75f8 395dd0 7463 } // n = 6, score = 700 // 8818 | mov byte ptr [eax], bl // 40 | inc eax // 83e901 | sub ecx, 1 // 75f8 | jne 0xfffffffa // 395dd0 | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 0x30], ebx // 7463 | je 0x65 $sequence_7 = { c745f800100000 85c0 750b 56 } // n = 4, score = 700 // c745f800100000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 8], 0x1000 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 750b | jne 0xd // 56 | push esi $sequence_8 = { 0107 83be8800000002 8b07 0f85ad000000 83f814 } // n = 5, score = 300 // 0107 | add dword ptr [edi], eax // 83be8800000002 | cmp dword ptr [esi + 0x88], 2 // 8b07 | mov eax, dword ptr [edi] // 0f85ad000000 | jne 0xb3 // 83f814 | cmp eax, 0x14 $sequence_9 = { 5f c3 8b4c2414 85c9 } // n = 4, score = 300 // 5f | pop edi // c3 | ret // 8b4c2414 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x14] // 85c9 | test ecx, ecx $sequence_10 = { 5f c3 56 6a08 ff15???????? 83c404 85c0 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 5f | pop edi // c3 | ret // 56 | push esi // 6a08 | push 8 // ff15???????? | // 83c404 | add esp, 4 // 85c0 | test eax, eax $sequence_11 = { 5f c3 8b74240c c7400400000000 } // n = 4, score = 300 // 5f | pop edi // c3 | ret // 8b74240c | mov esi, dword ptr [esp + 0xc] // c7400400000000 | mov dword ptr [eax + 4], 0 $sequence_12 = { 012e 885c240a ebc3 80fb5d 7520 837c240c00 0f85fe020000 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 012e | add dword ptr [esi], ebp // 885c240a | mov byte ptr [esp + 0xa], bl // ebc3 | jmp 0xffffffc5 // 80fb5d | cmp bl, 0x5d // 7520 | jne 0x22 // 837c240c00 | cmp dword ptr [esp + 0xc], 0 // 0f85fe020000 | jne 0x304 $sequence_13 = { 5f c70001000000 33c0 5d 8b4c2450 } // n = 5, score = 300 // 5f | pop edi // c70001000000 | mov dword ptr [eax], 1 // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 5d | pop ebp // 8b4c2450 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x50] $sequence_14 = { 012e 885c240a e9???????? 84db 0f8434020000 } // n = 5, score = 300 // 012e | add dword ptr [esi], ebp // 885c240a | mov byte ptr [esp + 0xa], bl // e9???????? | // 84db | test bl, bl // 0f8434020000 | je 0x23a $sequence_15 = { 7418 8bd3 52 c786c800000001000000 } // n = 4, score = 300 // 7418 | je 0x1a // 8bd3 | mov edx, ebx // 52 | push edx // c786c800000001000000 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0xc8], 1 condition: 7 of them and filesize < 999424 }
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