SystemBC is a proxy malware leveraging SOCKS5. Based on screenshots used in ads on a underground marketplace, Proofpoint decided to call it SystemBC.
SystemBC has been observed occasionally, but more pronounced since June 2019. First samples goes back to October 2018.
rule win_systembc_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2024-10-31" version = "1" description = "Detects win.systembc." 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.systembc" malpedia_rule_date = "20241030" malpedia_hash = "26e26953c49c8efafbf72a38076855d578e0a2e4" malpedia_version = "20241030" 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 = { 8bec 53 57 56 8b7d10 } // n = 5, score = 1100 // 8bec | mov ebp, esp // 53 | push ebx // 57 | push edi // 56 | push esi // 8b7d10 | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10] $sequence_1 = { 7507 66837fff00 740d 837d1000 7409 66837aff00 7502 } // n = 7, score = 1100 // 7507 | jne 9 // 66837fff00 | cmp word ptr [edi - 1], 0 // 740d | je 0xf // 837d1000 | cmp dword ptr [ebp + 0x10], 0 // 7409 | je 0xb // 66837aff00 | cmp word ptr [edx - 1], 0 // 7502 | jne 4 $sequence_2 = { 8b4d0c 837d0c00 750b ff7508 e8???????? } // n = 5, score = 1100 // 8b4d0c | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // 837d0c00 | cmp dword ptr [ebp + 0xc], 0 // 750b | jne 0xd // ff7508 | push dword ptr [ebp + 8] // e8???????? | $sequence_3 = { 837d0cfe 751c 837d1000 7507 66837fff00 } // n = 5, score = 1100 // 837d0cfe | cmp dword ptr [ebp + 0xc], -2 // 751c | jne 0x1e // 837d1000 | cmp dword ptr [ebp + 0x10], 0 // 7507 | jne 9 // 66837fff00 | cmp word ptr [edi - 1], 0 $sequence_4 = { 50 8b45f8 8b08 50 8b4178 } // n = 5, score = 1100 // 50 | push eax // 8b45f8 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 8] // 8b08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax] // 50 | push eax // 8b4178 | mov eax, dword ptr [ecx + 0x78] $sequence_5 = { 6a00 8d85fcfbffff 50 8b45f8 8b08 } // n = 5, score = 1100 // 6a00 | push 0 // 8d85fcfbffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x404] // 50 | push eax // 8b45f8 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 8] // 8b08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax] $sequence_6 = { 740d 837d1000 7409 66837aff00 7502 eb2e } // n = 6, score = 1100 // 740d | je 0xf // 837d1000 | cmp dword ptr [ebp + 0x10], 0 // 7409 | je 0xb // 66837aff00 | cmp word ptr [edx - 1], 0 // 7502 | jne 4 // eb2e | jmp 0x30 $sequence_7 = { 837d0cfe 751c 837d1000 7507 66837fff00 740d 837d1000 } // n = 7, score = 1100 // 837d0cfe | cmp dword ptr [ebp + 0xc], -2 // 751c | jne 0x1e // 837d1000 | cmp dword ptr [ebp + 0x10], 0 // 7507 | jne 9 // 66837fff00 | cmp word ptr [edi - 1], 0 // 740d | je 0xf // 837d1000 | cmp dword ptr [ebp + 0x10], 0 $sequence_8 = { c9 c21400 55 8bec 53 57 56 } // n = 7, score = 1100 // c9 | leave // c21400 | ret 0x14 // 55 | push ebp // 8bec | mov ebp, esp // 53 | push ebx // 57 | push edi // 56 | push esi $sequence_9 = { 8b450c ab 8b4514 ab } // n = 4, score = 1100 // 8b450c | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // ab | stosd dword ptr es:[edi], eax // 8b4514 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x14] // ab | stosd dword ptr es:[edi], eax condition: 7 of them and filesize < 75776 }
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