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win.turla_silentmoon (Back to overview)

Turla SilentMoon

aka: BigBoss, Cacao, GoldenSky, HyperStack

Actor(s): Turla

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References
2022-06-12 ⋅ cocomelonc
Malware development: persistence - part 7. Winlogon. Simple C++ example.
BazarBackdoor Gazer TurlaRPC Turla SilentMoon
2021-11-05 ⋅ Emanuele De Lucia on Security ⋅ Emanuele De Lucia
The BigBoss Rules: Something about one of the Uroburos’ RPC-based backdoors
Turla SilentMoon
2021-02-28 ⋅ PWC UK ⋅ PWC UK
Cyber Threats 2020: A Year in Retrospect
elf.wellmess FlowerPower PowGoop 8.t Dropper Agent.BTZ Agent Tesla Appleseed Ave Maria Bankshot BazarBackdoor BLINDINGCAN Chinoxy Conti Cotx RAT Crimson RAT DUSTMAN Emotet FriedEx FunnyDream Hakbit Mailto Maze METALJACK Nefilim Oblique RAT Pay2Key PlugX QakBot REvil Ryuk StoneDrill StrongPity SUNBURST SUPERNOVA TrickBot TurlaRPC Turla SilentMoon WastedLocker WellMess Winnti ZeroCleare APT10 APT23 APT27 APT31 APT41 BlackTech BRONZE EDGEWOOD Inception Framework MUSTANG PANDA Red Charon Red Nue Sea Turtle Tonto Team
2020-10-28 ⋅ Accenture ⋅ Cyber Defense
Turla uses HyperStack, Carbon, and Kazuar to compromise government entity
Cobra Carbon System Kazuar TurlaRPC Turla SilentMoon
2020-09-11 ⋅ Twitter (@Arkbird_SOLG) ⋅ Arkbird
Tweet on discovery of a sample
Turla SilentMoon
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_turla_silentmoon_auto (20260917 | Detects win.turla_silentmoon.)
rule win_turla_silentmoon_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-09-17"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.turla_silentmoon."
        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.turla_silentmoon"
        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 = { 8b55ec 4a 8945f8 894de4 3bc2 7e26 8b4520 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   8b55ec               | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x14]
            //   4a                   | dec                 edx
            //   8945f8               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 8], eax
            //   894de4               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c], ecx
            //   3bc2                 | cmp                 eax, edx
            //   7e26                 | jle                 0x28
            //   8b4520               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x20]

        $sequence_1 = { 7dd1 8b55f0 8b7df4 b920000000 2b8e5c020000 2b4dd0 d3e7 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   7dd1                 | jge                 0xffffffd3
            //   8b55f0               | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x10]
            //   8b7df4               | mov                 edi, dword ptr [ebp - 0xc]
            //   b920000000           | mov                 ecx, 0x20
            //   2b8e5c020000         | sub                 ecx, dword ptr [esi + 0x25c]
            //   2b4dd0               | sub                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x30]
            //   d3e7                 | shl                 edi, cl

        $sequence_2 = { 83ec18 8b4620 8b4e18 8b9668020000 53 8b5e24 }
            // n = 6, score = 300
            //   83ec18               | sub                 esp, 0x18
            //   8b4620               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x20]
            //   8b4e18               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [esi + 0x18]
            //   8b9668020000         | mov                 edx, dword ptr [esi + 0x268]
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   8b5e24               | mov                 ebx, dword ptr [esi + 0x24]

        $sequence_3 = { 8b442420 83c40c 6a00 6880000000 6a02 6a00 6a03 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   8b442420             | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x20]
            //   83c40c               | add                 esp, 0xc
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6880000000           | push                0x80
            //   6a02                 | push                2
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a03                 | push                3

        $sequence_4 = { 85c0 7406 c70000000000 8db794130000 c787c413000000000000 e8???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 300
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   7406                 | je                  8
            //   c70000000000         | mov                 dword ptr [eax], 0
            //   8db794130000         | lea                 esi, [edi + 0x1394]
            //   c787c413000000000000     | mov    dword ptr [edi + 0x13c4], 0
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_5 = { 56 8bf8 8944243c e8???????? 83c408 84c0 0f840b070000 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   8bf8                 | mov                 edi, eax
            //   8944243c             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x3c], eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c408               | add                 esp, 8
            //   84c0                 | test                al, al
            //   0f840b070000         | je                  0x711

        $sequence_6 = { c745f820000000 8bc8 c1f905 8d148b 8bc8 83e11f be01000000 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   c745f820000000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 8], 0x20
            //   8bc8                 | mov                 ecx, eax
            //   c1f905               | sar                 ecx, 5
            //   8d148b               | lea                 edx, [ebx + ecx*4]
            //   8bc8                 | mov                 ecx, eax
            //   83e11f               | and                 ecx, 0x1f
            //   be01000000           | mov                 esi, 1

        $sequence_7 = { 33c1 898e60020000 898664020000 83fb01 7e07 c7464c00000000 83be6802000002 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   33c1                 | xor                 eax, ecx
            //   898e60020000         | mov                 dword ptr [esi + 0x260], ecx
            //   898664020000         | mov                 dword ptr [esi + 0x264], eax
            //   83fb01               | cmp                 ebx, 1
            //   7e07                 | jle                 9
            //   c7464c00000000       | mov                 dword ptr [esi + 0x4c], 0
            //   83be6802000002       | cmp                 dword ptr [esi + 0x268], 2

        $sequence_8 = { 52 6880000000 8d44247c 50 51 ff15???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 300
            //   52                   | push                edx
            //   6880000000           | push                0x80
            //   8d44247c             | lea                 eax, [esp + 0x7c]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   51                   | push                ecx
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_9 = { 894de4 8945f4 c745f800000000 85c9 0f8e1c010000 8bc1 0591000000 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   894de4               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c], ecx
            //   8945f4               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0xc], eax
            //   c745f800000000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 8], 0
            //   85c9                 | test                ecx, ecx
            //   0f8e1c010000         | jle                 0x122
            //   8bc1                 | mov                 eax, ecx
            //   0591000000           | add                 eax, 0x91

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 204800
}
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