Ransomware that appears to require manually installation (believed to be via RDP). Encrypts files with .velso extension.
rule win_velso_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" version = "1" description = "Detects win.velso." 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.velso" 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 = { eba6 8b5004 8911 ebf0 89c8 b9???????? ebcf } // n = 7, score = 200 // eba6 | jmp 0xffffffa8 // 8b5004 | mov edx, dword ptr [eax + 4] // 8911 | mov dword ptr [ecx], edx // ebf0 | jmp 0xfffffff2 // 89c8 | mov eax, ecx // b9???????? | // ebcf | jmp 0xffffffd1 $sequence_1 = { c7458800000000 881418 8b856cffffff 8945e4 8b45e0 c644180100 8b4d08 } // n = 7, score = 200 // c7458800000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x78], 0 // 881418 | mov byte ptr [eax + ebx], dl // 8b856cffffff | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x94] // 8945e4 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c], eax // 8b45e0 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x20] // c644180100 | mov byte ptr [eax + ebx + 1], 0 // 8b4d08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 8] $sequence_2 = { e9???????? 83c205 89e8 89550c e8???????? 89c6 89e8 } // n = 7, score = 200 // e9???????? | // 83c205 | add edx, 5 // 89e8 | mov eax, ebp // 89550c | mov dword ptr [ebp + 0xc], edx // e8???????? | // 89c6 | mov esi, eax // 89e8 | mov eax, ebp $sequence_3 = { 8d4d08 e8???????? 668945b0 8b45a8 0fb64010 e9???????? c7450800000000 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8d4d08 | lea ecx, [ebp + 8] // e8???????? | // 668945b0 | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x50], ax // 8b45a8 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x58] // 0fb64010 | movzx eax, byte ptr [eax + 0x10] // e9???????? | // c7450800000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp + 8], 0 $sequence_4 = { c645a301 e9???????? 0fb645a3 83f001 3a45a2 0f861ffdffff c704242e000000 } // n = 7, score = 200 // c645a301 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x5d], 1 // e9???????? | // 0fb645a3 | movzx eax, byte ptr [ebp - 0x5d] // 83f001 | xor eax, 1 // 3a45a2 | cmp al, byte ptr [ebp - 0x5e] // 0f861ffdffff | jbe 0xfffffd25 // c704242e000000 | mov dword ptr [esp], 0x2e $sequence_5 = { 31f6 31ff 807b4600 740b 8b7314 2b7310 89f7 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 31f6 | xor esi, esi // 31ff | xor edi, edi // 807b4600 | cmp byte ptr [ebx + 0x46], 0 // 740b | je 0xd // 8b7314 | mov esi, dword ptr [ebx + 0x14] // 2b7310 | sub esi, dword ptr [ebx + 0x10] // 89f7 | mov edi, esi $sequence_6 = { 8d5510 89c1 891424 e8???????? 83ec04 84c0 0f84da040000 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8d5510 | lea edx, [ebp + 0x10] // 89c1 | mov ecx, eax // 891424 | mov dword ptr [esp], edx // e8???????? | // 83ec04 | sub esp, 4 // 84c0 | test al, al // 0f84da040000 | je 0x4e0 $sequence_7 = { 807dd300 0f84b0000000 8b4510 8b7008 39f3 0f8ce9000000 8b4510 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 807dd300 | cmp byte ptr [ebp - 0x2d], 0 // 0f84b0000000 | je 0xb6 // 8b4510 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10] // 8b7008 | mov esi, dword ptr [eax + 8] // 39f3 | cmp ebx, esi // 0f8ce9000000 | jl 0xef // 8b4510 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10] $sequence_8 = { 8b7c2420 8b07 8b40f4 8b440778 89c1 8944241c 8b4008 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8b7c2420 | mov edi, dword ptr [esp + 0x20] // 8b07 | mov eax, dword ptr [edi] // 8b40f4 | mov eax, dword ptr [eax - 0xc] // 8b440778 | mov eax, dword ptr [edi + eax + 0x78] // 89c1 | mov ecx, eax // 8944241c | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x1c], eax // 8b4008 | mov eax, dword ptr [eax + 8] $sequence_9 = { 8d4d08 c745a801000000 e8???????? 8845a0 8b4598 0fb64010 84c0 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8d4d08 | lea ecx, [ebp + 8] // c745a801000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x58], 1 // e8???????? | // 8845a0 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x60], al // 8b4598 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x68] // 0fb64010 | movzx eax, byte ptr [eax + 0x10] // 84c0 | test al, al condition: 7 of them and filesize < 1736704 }
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