Ransomware.
rule win_thunderx_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" version = "1" description = "Detects win.thunderx." 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.thunderx" 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 = { 56 8b7508 8d5602 668b06 83c602 6685c0 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 56 | push esi // 8b7508 | mov esi, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 8d5602 | lea edx, [esi + 2] // 668b06 | mov ax, word ptr [esi] // 83c602 | add esi, 2 // 6685c0 | test ax, ax $sequence_1 = { 8b4590 03c1 894d8c 6a0d 50 e8???????? } // n = 6, score = 200 // 8b4590 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x70] // 03c1 | add eax, ecx // 894d8c | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x74], ecx // 6a0d | push 0xd // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | $sequence_2 = { 50 e8???????? 8d4dd4 e8???????? 8d4dbc e8???????? 8bc3 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 8d4dd4 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x2c] // e8???????? | // 8d4dbc | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x44] // e8???????? | // 8bc3 | mov eax, ebx $sequence_3 = { eb02 33db 8ac3 e8???????? c3 55 8bec } // n = 7, score = 200 // eb02 | jmp 4 // 33db | xor ebx, ebx // 8ac3 | mov al, bl // e8???????? | // c3 | ret // 55 | push ebp // 8bec | mov ebp, esp $sequence_4 = { 8945f0 e8???????? 8bf8 6bc61c 8b750c 56 897df8 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8945f0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x10], eax // e8???????? | // 8bf8 | mov edi, eax // 6bc61c | imul eax, esi, 0x1c // 8b750c | mov esi, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // 56 | push esi // 897df8 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 8], edi $sequence_5 = { 6a00 51 ff35???????? b8???????? 0f4305???????? 50 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 6a00 | push 0 // 51 | push ecx // ff35???????? | // b8???????? | // 0f4305???????? | // 50 | push eax $sequence_6 = { a1???????? 33c4 8944241c 56 57 8bfa 8bf1 } // n = 7, score = 200 // a1???????? | // 33c4 | xor eax, esp // 8944241c | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x1c], eax // 56 | push esi // 57 | push edi // 8bfa | mov edi, edx // 8bf1 | mov esi, ecx $sequence_7 = { 6a00 6a01 ff15???????? 8bf8 85ff 751a } // n = 6, score = 200 // 6a00 | push 0 // 6a01 | push 1 // ff15???????? | // 8bf8 | mov edi, eax // 85ff | test edi, edi // 751a | jne 0x1c $sequence_8 = { 50 56 ffd7 85c0 7462 8b44240c } // n = 6, score = 200 // 50 | push eax // 56 | push esi // ffd7 | call edi // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7462 | je 0x64 // 8b44240c | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0xc] $sequence_9 = { 894db0 8b048d701b4200 8975b4 8b440618 8b7514 03f2 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 894db0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x50], ecx // 8b048d701b4200 | mov eax, dword ptr [ecx*4 + 0x421b70] // 8975b4 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x4c], esi // 8b440618 | mov eax, dword ptr [esi + eax + 0x18] // 8b7514 | mov esi, dword ptr [ebp + 0x14] // 03f2 | add esi, edx condition: 7 of them and filesize < 319488 }
import "pe" rule win_thunderx_w0 { meta: description = "Rule to dettect tthe ThunderX ransomware family" author = "Christiaan Beek @ McAfee ATR team" date = "2020-09-14" rule_version = "v1" malware_type = "ransomware" malware_family = "Ransomware:W32/ThunderX" actor_type = "Cybercrime" actor_group = "Unknown" hash1 = "7bab5dedef124803668580a59b6bf3c53cc31150d19591567397bbc131b9ccb6" hash2 = "0fbfdb8340108fafaca4c5ff4d3c9f9a2296efeb9ae89fcd9210e3d4c7239666" hash3 = "7527459500109b3bb48665236c5c5cb2ec71ba789867ad2b6417b38b9a46615e" source = "https://github.com/advanced-threat-research/Yara-Rules/blob/master/ransomware/Ransom_ThunderX.yar" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.thunderx" malpedia_rule_date = "20200915" malpedia_hash = "" malpedia_version = "20200915" malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" strings: $pattern1 = "626364656469742E657865202F736574207B64656661756C747D20626F6F74737461747573706F6C6963792069676E6F7265616C6C6661696C75726573" $s3 = "776261646D696E2044454C4554452053595354454D53544154454241434B5550202D64656C6574654F6C64657374" ascii $s4 = "626364656469742E657865202F736574207B64656661756C747D207265636F76657279656E61626C6564204E6F" ascii $s5 = "776261646D696E2044454C4554452053595354454D53544154454241434B5550" ascii $s6 = "433A5C50726F6772616D2046696C65732028783836295C4D6963726F736F66742053514C20536572766572" ascii $s7 = "476C6F62616C5C33353335354641352D303745392D343238422D423541352D314338384341423242343838" ascii $s8 = "433A5C50726F6772616D2046696C65735C4D6963726F736F66742053514C20536572766572" ascii $s9 = "76737361646D696E2E6578652044656C65746520536861646F7773202F416C6C202F5175696574" ascii $s10 = "776D69632E65786520534841444F57434F5059202F6E6F696E746572616374697665" ascii $s11 = "534F4654574152455C4D6963726F736F66745C45524944" ascii $s12 = "AppPolicyGetProcessTerminationMethod" fullword ascii $s13 = "7B5041545445524E5F49447D" ascii $s14 = "726561646D652E747874" ascii $s15 = "226E6574776F726B223A22" ascii $s16 = "227375626964223A22" ascii $s17 = "226C616E67223A22" ascii $s18 = "22657874223A22" ascii $s19 = "69642E6B6579" ascii $s20 = "7B5549447D" ascii $seq0 = { eb 34 66 0f 12 0d 10 c4 41 00 f2 0f 59 c1 ba cc } $seq1 = { 6a 07 50 e8 51 ff ff ff 8d 86 d0 } $seq2 = { ff 15 34 81 41 00 eb 15 83 f8 fc 75 10 8b 45 f4 } condition: ( uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 400KB and pe.imphash() == "ea7e408cd2a264fd13492973e97d8d70" and $pattern1 and 4 of them ) and all of ($seq*) or ( all of them ) }
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