Ransomware.
rule win_yakuza_ransomware_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.yakuza_ransomware." 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.yakuza_ransomware" 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 = { e8???????? 83c404 c645fc5b 56 8bd0 8d8d20fbffff e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 83c404 | add esp, 4 // c645fc5b | mov byte ptr [ebp - 4], 0x5b // 56 | push esi // 8bd0 | mov edx, eax // 8d8d20fbffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x4e0] // e8???????? | $sequence_1 = { e8???????? 8d8520ffffff 83bd34ffffff08 0f438520ffffff 8d8dd8fbffff 51 } // n = 6, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 8d8520ffffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0xe0] // 83bd34ffffff08 | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 0xcc], 8 // 0f438520ffffff | cmovae eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0xe0] // 8d8dd8fbffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x428] // 51 | push ecx $sequence_2 = { 50 e8???????? 0fb74c242c 8d7f02 83c414 85c0 b8ffff0000 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 0fb74c242c | movzx ecx, word ptr [esp + 0x2c] // 8d7f02 | lea edi, [edi + 2] // 83c414 | add esp, 0x14 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // b8ffff0000 | mov eax, 0xffff $sequence_3 = { e9???????? c3 8b4568 83e002 0f840c000000 836568fd 8d4d48 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e9???????? | // c3 | ret // 8b4568 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x68] // 83e002 | and eax, 2 // 0f840c000000 | je 0x12 // 836568fd | and dword ptr [ebp + 0x68], 0xfffffffd // 8d4d48 | lea ecx, [ebp + 0x48] $sequence_4 = { e9???????? c3 8b4dec 81c180000000 e9???????? 8b4d08 83c104 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e9???????? | // c3 | ret // 8b4dec | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x14] // 81c180000000 | add ecx, 0x80 // e9???????? | // 8b4d08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 83c104 | add ecx, 4 $sequence_5 = { 0fb6c9 0fb689409c4d00 3304cdd2735400 8b4df8 8b55fc 8b4c8a08 c1e900 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 0fb6c9 | movzx ecx, cl // 0fb689409c4d00 | movzx ecx, byte ptr [ecx + 0x4d9c40] // 3304cdd2735400 | xor eax, dword ptr [ecx*8 + 0x5473d2] // 8b4df8 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 8] // 8b55fc | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp - 4] // 8b4c8a08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [edx + ecx*4 + 8] // c1e900 | shr ecx, 0 $sequence_6 = { e8???????? 84c0 0f84d0010000 8d8d54f6ffff e8???????? 8bf0 89b5d4f1ffff } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 84c0 | test al, al // 0f84d0010000 | je 0x1d6 // 8d8d54f6ffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x9ac] // e8???????? | // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 89b5d4f1ffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0xe2c], esi $sequence_7 = { e8???????? c745fc00000000 8b4e24 85c9 7466 8b01 8d55dc } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // c745fc00000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 4], 0 // 8b4e24 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esi + 0x24] // 85c9 | test ecx, ecx // 7466 | je 0x68 // 8b01 | mov eax, dword ptr [ecx] // 8d55dc | lea edx, [ebp - 0x24] $sequence_8 = { ff7508 8d45a8 50 8d4de0 e8???????? 8bf0 8d4e04 } // n = 7, score = 100 // ff7508 | push dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 8d45a8 | lea eax, [ebp - 0x58] // 50 | push eax // 8d4de0 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x20] // e8???????? | // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 8d4e04 | lea ecx, [esi + 4] $sequence_9 = { 50 c745ac00000000 c745b007000000 e8???????? 837f1408 8bc7 7202 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // c745ac00000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x54], 0 // c745b007000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x50], 7 // e8???????? | // 837f1408 | cmp dword ptr [edi + 0x14], 8 // 8bc7 | mov eax, edi // 7202 | jb 4 condition: 7 of them and filesize < 2811904 }
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