Actor(s): Pirate Panda
Steve Miller pointed out that it is proxy-aware (Tencent) for C&C communication and uses wolfSSL, which makes it stick out.
rule win_tclient_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.tclient." 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.tclient" malpedia_rule_date = "20260105" malpedia_hash = "19b79e7cab4eaf532122e5b45a77dd8f6bb5cc79" malpedia_version = "20251219" 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 = { ffb5f0fdffff ff95e4fdffff 8bf0 83c40c 85f6 0f85ec020000 8b85f0fdffff } // n = 7, score = 100 // ffb5f0fdffff | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x210] // ff95e4fdffff | call dword ptr [ebp - 0x21c] // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 83c40c | add esp, 0xc // 85f6 | test esi, esi // 0f85ec020000 | jne 0x2f2 // 8b85f0fdffff | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x210] $sequence_1 = { 6a00 50 e8???????? 83c40c c70340000000 8bcb e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 6a00 | push 0 // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 83c40c | add esp, 0xc // c70340000000 | mov dword ptr [ebx], 0x40 // 8bcb | mov ecx, ebx // e8???????? | $sequence_2 = { 8d4508 8bcc 50 e8???????? 8d4dcc 885dfc e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8d4508 | lea eax, [ebp + 8] // 8bcc | mov ecx, esp // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 8d4dcc | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x34] // 885dfc | mov byte ptr [ebp - 4], bl // e8???????? | $sequence_3 = { 0f8521feffff 837d1001 0f857a010000 85f6 745f 8b4e04 57 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 0f8521feffff | jne 0xfffffe27 // 837d1001 | cmp dword ptr [ebp + 0x10], 1 // 0f857a010000 | jne 0x180 // 85f6 | test esi, esi // 745f | je 0x61 // 8b4e04 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esi + 4] // 57 | push edi $sequence_4 = { ff7508 8bd7 8bce e8???????? 59 59 5f } // n = 7, score = 100 // ff7508 | push dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 8bd7 | mov edx, edi // 8bce | mov ecx, esi // e8???????? | // 59 | pop ecx // 59 | pop ecx // 5f | pop edi $sequence_5 = { 8bf1 57 84d2 756a b800020000 66858620030000 755c } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8bf1 | mov esi, ecx // 57 | push edi // 84d2 | test dl, dl // 756a | jne 0x6c // b800020000 | mov eax, 0x200 // 66858620030000 | test word ptr [esi + 0x320], ax // 755c | jne 0x5e $sequence_6 = { 8d45c8 50 8d7730 56 8d5750 8d4de8 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8d45c8 | lea eax, [ebp - 0x38] // 50 | push eax // 8d7730 | lea esi, [edi + 0x30] // 56 | push esi // 8d5750 | lea edx, [edi + 0x50] // 8d4de8 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x18] // e8???????? | $sequence_7 = { 8b049dc0a04700 0fb6440828 83e001 0f848d000000 b8ffffff7f 3b4510 1bc0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b049dc0a04700 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebx*4 + 0x47a0c0] // 0fb6440828 | movzx eax, byte ptr [eax + ecx + 0x28] // 83e001 | and eax, 1 // 0f848d000000 | je 0x93 // b8ffffff7f | mov eax, 0x7fffffff // 3b4510 | cmp eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10] // 1bc0 | sbb eax, eax $sequence_8 = { 3bd8 7e2c 8d95b0feffff 8d8d60faffff e8???????? 8b9da8faffff 8bf8 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 3bd8 | cmp ebx, eax // 7e2c | jle 0x2e // 8d95b0feffff | lea edx, [ebp - 0x150] // 8d8d60faffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x5a0] // e8???????? | // 8b9da8faffff | mov ebx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x558] // 8bf8 | mov edi, eax $sequence_9 = { 33c0 66898625030000 89862a030000 888627030000 888622030000 884660 88467c } // n = 7, score = 100 // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 66898625030000 | mov word ptr [esi + 0x325], ax // 89862a030000 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x32a], eax // 888627030000 | mov byte ptr [esi + 0x327], al // 888622030000 | mov byte ptr [esi + 0x322], al // 884660 | mov byte ptr [esi + 0x60], al // 88467c | mov byte ptr [esi + 0x7c], al condition: 7 of them and filesize < 1063936 }
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