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 = "2026-09-17" 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 = "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 = { c60100 41 83ea01 75f7 50 e8???????? 59 } // n = 7, score = 700 // c60100 | mov byte ptr [ecx], 0 // 41 | inc ecx // 83ea01 | sub edx, 1 // 75f7 | jne 0xfffffff9 // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 59 | pop ecx $sequence_1 = { 68???????? 6a02 59 03c1 50 } // n = 5, score = 700 // 68???????? | // 6a02 | push 2 // 59 | pop ecx // 03c1 | add eax, ecx // 50 | push eax $sequence_2 = { 75f8 395dd0 7463 8b45d4 6a02 40 5a } // n = 7, score = 700 // 75f8 | jne 0xfffffffa // 395dd0 | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 0x30], ebx // 7463 | je 0x65 // 8b45d4 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x2c] // 6a02 | push 2 // 40 | inc eax // 5a | pop edx $sequence_3 = { ff75f4 68???????? 8d0441 50 e8???????? 8b4608 83c418 } // n = 7, score = 700 // ff75f4 | push dword ptr [ebp - 0xc] // 68???????? | // 8d0441 | lea eax, [ecx + eax*2] // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 8b4608 | mov eax, dword ptr [esi + 8] // 83c418 | add esp, 0x18 $sequence_4 = { 5f 85c9 7418 8b45ec 6a02 5a } // n = 6, score = 700 // 5f | pop edi // 85c9 | test ecx, ecx // 7418 | je 0x1a // 8b45ec | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x14] // 6a02 | push 2 // 5a | pop edx $sequence_5 = { 56 ff15???????? 85c0 7427 53 8d45f8 } // n = 6, score = 700 // 56 | push esi // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7427 | je 0x29 // 53 | push ebx // 8d45f8 | lea eax, [ebp - 8] $sequence_6 = { 03f9 33c9 6a02 5a 8d4701 f7e2 } // n = 6, score = 700 // 03f9 | add edi, ecx // 33c9 | xor ecx, ecx // 6a02 | push 2 // 5a | pop edx // 8d4701 | lea eax, [edi + 1] // f7e2 | mul edx $sequence_7 = { 8bce 8818 40 83e901 75f8 8bce } // n = 6, score = 700 // 8bce | mov ecx, esi // 8818 | mov byte ptr [eax], bl // 40 | inc eax // 83e901 | sub ecx, 1 // 75f8 | jne 0xfffffffa // 8bce | mov ecx, esi $sequence_8 = { 5f c7866c02000001000000 5e 83c410 } // n = 4, score = 300 // 5f | pop edi // c7866c02000001000000 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x26c], 1 // 5e | pop esi // 83c410 | add esp, 0x10 $sequence_9 = { 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_10 = { 5f c7462402000000 5e 5d 33c0 5b 8b4c246c } // n = 7, score = 300 // 5f | pop edi // c7462402000000 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x24], 2 // 5e | pop esi // 5d | pop ebp // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 5b | pop ebx // 8b4c246c | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x6c] $sequence_11 = { 5f c78498080c000000000000 5b c3 8b8c9808100000 83e900 7425 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 5f | pop edi // c78498080c000000000000 | mov dword ptr [eax + ebx*4 + 0xc08], 0 // 5b | pop ebx // c3 | ret // 8b8c9808100000 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax + ebx*4 + 0x1008] // 83e900 | sub ecx, 0 // 7425 | je 0x27 $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 = { 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_14 = { 5f c3 8b74240c c7400400000000 8938 } // n = 5, score = 300 // 5f | pop edi // c3 | ret // 8b74240c | mov esi, dword ptr [esp + 0xc] // c7400400000000 | mov dword ptr [eax + 4], 0 // 8938 | mov dword ptr [eax], edi $sequence_15 = { 7419 5f c70001000000 33c0 5d 8b4c2450 33cc } // n = 7, score = 300 // 7419 | je 0x1b // 5f | pop edi // c70001000000 | mov dword ptr [eax], 1 // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 5d | pop ebp // 8b4c2450 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x50] // 33cc | xor ecx, esp condition: 7 of them and filesize < 999424 }
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