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win.voldemort (Back to overview)

Voldemort

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Voldemort is a backdoor discovered by Proofpoint in August 2024. It is being distributed via phishing E-Mails and makes use of creative techniques such as using saved search files during the infection chain for obfuscation and Google Sheets for C2. While its broad targeting looks like it is related to ecrime, Proofpoint notes that the capabilities of the malware point towards espionage/APT activity.

References
2025-07-16 ⋅ Proofpoint ⋅ Mark Kelly, Proofpoint Threat Research Team
Phish and Chips: China-Aligned Espionage Actors Ramp Up Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Targeting
Cobalt Strike Voldemort UNK_DropPitch UNK_FistBump UNK_SparkyCarp
2024-10-22 ⋅ Twitter (@threatinsight) ⋅ Threat Insight
Twitter Thread attributing Voldemort to TA415 (APT41, BrassTyphoon)
Voldemort
2024-08-29 ⋅ Proofpoint ⋅ Pim Trouerbach, Selena Larson, Tommy Madjar
The Malware That Must Not Be Named: Suspected Espionage Campaign Delivers “Voldemort”
Voldemort
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_voldemort_auto (20260917 | Detects win.voldemort.)
rule win_voldemort_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-09-17"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.voldemort."
        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.voldemort"
        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 = { 8bc3 4883c420 5b c3 4c8bda 4c8bd1 450fb702 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   8bc3                 | dec                 eax
            //   4883c420             | mov                 ecx, ebx
            //   5b                   | dec                 eax
            //   c3                   | test                eax, eax
            //   4c8bda               | je                  0x693
            //   4c8bd1               | mov                 ecx, 0x16
            //   450fb702             | rep movsb           byte ptr es:[edi], byte ptr [esi]

        $sequence_1 = { 0f45c7 4803c1 48894308 e9???????? 48895c2408 57 }
            // n = 6, score = 300
            //   0f45c7               | dec                 eax
            //   4803c1               | lea                 ecx, [0x36084]
            //   48894308             | dec                 eax
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   48895c2408           | mov                 ecx, ebx
            //   57                   | dec                 eax

        $sequence_2 = { 488b5c2408 418ac0 c3 488bc4 }
            // n = 4, score = 300
            //   488b5c2408           | je                  0x8da
            //   418ac0               | mov                 eax, 6
            //   c3                   | jmp                 0x94b
            //   488bc4               | dec                 eax

        $sequence_3 = { 66833925 8d78fe 0f45c7 4803c1 48894308 e9???????? 48895c2408 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   66833925             | xor                 eax, eax
            //   8d78fe               | jne                 0x607
            //   0f45c7               | dec                 eax
            //   4803c1               | lea                 eax, [0x1aa26]
            //   48894308             | dec                 eax
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   48895c2408           | cmp                 ecx, eax

        $sequence_4 = { 488b5c2408 418ac0 c3 488bc4 48895808 48896810 }
            // n = 6, score = 300
            //   488b5c2408           | mov                 word ptr [esp], ax
            //   418ac0               | dec                 eax
            //   c3                   | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x28]
            //   488bc4               | dec                 eax
            //   48895808             | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x38]
            //   48896810             | movzx               edx, word ptr [esp]

        $sequence_5 = { 7597 41b001 488b5c2408 418ac0 c3 488bc4 }
            // n = 6, score = 300
            //   7597                 | movaps              xmm1, xmm0
            //   41b001               | dec                 eax
            //   488b5c2408           | cmp                 eax, ecx
            //   418ac0               | je                  0x68
            //   c3                   | movsd               qword ptr [edi + 0x30], xmm0
            //   488bc4               | jb                  0x27

        $sequence_6 = { 415c 5f c3 4c8bdc 49895b18 57 4883ec40 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   415c                 | dec                 eax
            //   5f                   | lea                 ebx, [eax + eax]
            //   c3                   | dec                 esp
            //   4c8bdc               | mov                 eax, ebx
            //   49895b18             | mov                 edx, 8
            //   57                   | dec                 eax
            //   4883ec40             | mov                 ecx, eax

        $sequence_7 = { 48894308 e9???????? 48895c2408 57 4883ec20 }
            // n = 5, score = 300
            //   48894308             | inc                 ecx
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   48895c2408           | mov                 eax, 0x28
            //   57                   | dec                 eax
            //   4883ec20             | mov                 ecx, eax

        $sequence_8 = { 4803c1 48894308 e9???????? 48895c2408 57 4883ec20 }
            // n = 6, score = 300
            //   4803c1               | dec                 eax
            //   48894308             | lea                 eax, [ebp + 0x240]
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   48895c2408           | dec                 eax
            //   57                   | mov                 ebx, 0xffffffff
            //   4883ec20             | dec                 eax

        $sequence_9 = { 4803c1 48894308 e9???????? 48895c2408 57 }
            // n = 5, score = 300
            //   4803c1               | dec                 eax
            //   48894308             | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x28]
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   48895c2408           | inc                 esp
            //   57                   | mov                 eax, eax

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 577536
}
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