Actor(s): APT41
According to Google Threat Intelligence Group, this malware uses Google Calendar events for command and control (C2).
rule win_toughprogress_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.toughprogress." 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.toughprogress" 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 = { 440f280d???????? 440f2815???????? 440f281d???????? 440f2825???????? 440f282d???????? 6666662e0f1f840000000000 f3440f107c0217 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 440f280d???????? | // 440f2815???????? | // 440f281d???????? | // 440f2825???????? | // 440f282d???????? | // 6666662e0f1f840000000000 | dec eax // f3440f107c0217 | mov esi, ecx $sequence_1 = { 4c032411 48895dd8 4c89f1 4c89fa 4989c0 41ffd4 488b55f8 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4c032411 | dec esp // 48895dd8 | add ecx, dword ptr [eax + ecx] // 4c89f1 | dec ecx // 4c89fa | mov edx, dword ptr [eax] // 4989c0 | dec eax // 41ffd4 | mov ecx, esi // 488b55f8 | dec eax $sequence_2 = { 89c2 80f20e 4189db 4180f361 34f1 4420d8 80f39e } // n = 7, score = 100 // 89c2 | inc ecx // 80f20e | and edx, 0x5da300c4 // 4189db | inc ecx // 4180f361 | or edx, 0x200c802b // 34f1 | mov ecx, eax // 4420d8 | not ecx // 80f39e | mov edx, eax $sequence_3 = { 488d4b20 488b05???????? 48baf554c5b851c51d63 49b8db5381257b97c77a 4c030410 4889f2 41ffd0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488d4b20 | dec eax // 488b05???????? | // 48baf554c5b851c51d63 | cmp eax, edx // 49b8db5381257b97c77a | jbe 0x626 // 4c030410 | xor eax, eax // 4889f2 | dec eax // 41ffd0 | lea eax, [edx + 0x25] $sequence_4 = { 48b92101fe16591834e4 48bab0f1efb8ebe1c8ea 48031408 488b4de8 ffd2 90 4883c420 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 48b92101fe16591834e4 | scasd eax, dword ptr es:[edi] // 48bab0f1efb8ebe1c8ea | std // 48031408 | and eax, 0x48c80148 // 488b4de8 | lea ecx, [ebp + 0x3f0] // ffd2 | call eax // 90 | nop // 4883c420 | dec eax $sequence_5 = { 488d35f5f30f00 488d0d0afb1000 4c01c2 ffd0 49bf4f9cdb6635605155 488b36 4c01fe } // n = 7, score = 100 // 488d35f5f30f00 | lea edx, [0xb3bfa] // 488d0d0afb1000 | dec eax // 4c01c2 | lea ecx, [ebp - 1] // ffd0 | dec ebp // 49bf4f9cdb6635605155 | mov eax, ebp // 488b36 | call eax // 4c01fe | mov eax, 7 $sequence_6 = { 4983c104 4d39c8 75ea 4c39c1 7414 0f1f440000 488b0e } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4983c104 | inc edi // 4d39c8 | mov ebx, dword ptr [edx + ebx*4 + 0x15e040] // 75ea | dec ecx // 4c39c1 | cmp eax, 0x100 // 7414 | jae 0xf6 // 0f1f440000 | dec ebp // 488b0e | lea ecx, [eax + 0x1f] $sequence_7 = { 4c01f8 488d4dd8 4c89f2 ffd0 84db 0f8591000000 488d5f70 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4c01f8 | add eax, edi // 488d4dd8 | dec eax // 4c89f2 | mov ecx, edi // ffd0 | call eax // 84db | dec ecx // 0f8591000000 | mov esi, eax // 488d5f70 | dec eax $sequence_8 = { ffd0 488d5e40 488b4e68 0fb65678 488b05???????? 49b80ee5f89dd0779459 4a8b0400 } // n = 7, score = 100 // ffd0 | mov ebx, 0x10048b48 // 488d5e40 | dec eax // 488b4e68 | mov edx, 0x7443b97b // 0fb65678 | dec eax // 488b05???????? | // 49b80ee5f89dd0779459 | cld // 4a8b0400 | xor edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x2ffeb8] $sequence_9 = { 4989f0 4989c1 ffd2 488b05???????? 49be8b72da7706fe2b4a 4c01f0 488dbd20020000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 4989f0 | test al, al // 4989c1 | jne 0x26f // ffd2 | mov eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x80] // 488b05???????? | // 49be8b72da7706fe2b4a | mov ecx, eax // 4c01f0 | and ecx, 0xa9de4776 // 488dbd20020000 | or ecx, 0x620b080 condition: 7 of them and filesize < 3117056 }
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