Ransomware.
rule win_thunderx_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" 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 = "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 = { 56 e8???????? 59 8d45b0 8bcf 50 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 200 // 56 | push esi // e8???????? | // 59 | pop ecx // 8d45b0 | lea eax, [ebp - 0x50] // 8bcf | mov ecx, edi // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | $sequence_1 = { 75f2 85c9 7509 3bc6 740b 83e802 ebd7 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 75f2 | jne 0xfffffff4 // 85c9 | test ecx, ecx // 7509 | jne 0xb // 3bc6 | cmp eax, esi // 740b | je 0xd // 83e802 | sub eax, 2 // ebd7 | jmp 0xffffffd9 $sequence_2 = { 8bcb e8???????? 83c318 83c618 895de0 3bf7 75eb } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8bcb | mov ecx, ebx // e8???????? | // 83c318 | add ebx, 0x18 // 83c618 | add esi, 0x18 // 895de0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x20], ebx // 3bf7 | cmp esi, edi // 75eb | jne 0xffffffed $sequence_3 = { 8b35???????? ffd6 ff75ec ffd6 b001 eb02 32c0 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8b35???????? | // ffd6 | call esi // ff75ec | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x14] // ffd6 | call esi // b001 | mov al, 1 // eb02 | jmp 4 // 32c0 | xor al, al $sequence_4 = { 7462 8b44240c 3b05???????? 7556 8b442410 89442438 8b442414 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 7462 | je 0x64 // 8b44240c | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0xc] // 3b05???????? | // 7556 | jne 0x58 // 8b442410 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x10] // 89442438 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x38], eax // 8b442414 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x14] $sequence_5 = { c3 6a54 b8???????? e8???????? 8bf9 897dac } // n = 6, score = 200 // c3 | ret // 6a54 | push 0x54 // b8???????? | // e8???????? | // 8bf9 | mov edi, ecx // 897dac | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x54], edi $sequence_6 = { 7415 ff15???????? 85c0 750b e8???????? 84c0 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 7415 | je 0x17 // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 750b | jne 0xd // e8???????? | // 84c0 | test al, al $sequence_7 = { 59 56 8bd0 885dfc 8d8d40feffff e8???????? 59 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 59 | pop ecx // 56 | push esi // 8bd0 | mov edx, eax // 885dfc | mov byte ptr [ebp - 4], bl // 8d8d40feffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x1c0] // e8???????? | // 59 | pop ecx $sequence_8 = { e8???????? 8d8dc8fdffff e8???????? 8d8db0fdffff c645fc05 e8???????? } // n = 6, score = 200 // e8???????? | // 8d8dc8fdffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x238] // e8???????? | // 8d8db0fdffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x250] // c645fc05 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 4], 5 // e8???????? | $sequence_9 = { 8bfa 2b7d0c eb02 8bfe } // n = 4, score = 200 // 8bfa | mov edi, edx // 2b7d0c | sub edi, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // eb02 | jmp 4 // 8bfe | mov edi, esi 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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