MAL_Dropper_Win_Darkside_1

YARA detection rule by FireEye · NOASSERTION

Detection for on the binary that was used as the dropper leading to DARKSIDE.

rule MAL_Dropper_Win_Darkside_1 {
    meta:
        author = "FireEye"
        date_created = "2021-05-11"
        description = "Detection for on the binary that was used as the dropper leading to DARKSIDE."
        reference = "https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2021/05/shining-a-light-on-darkside-ransomware-operations.html"
        id = "910a581c-25a4-5d5e-acdc-6d87cbedd3cf"
    strings:
        $CommonDLLs1 = "KERNEL32.dll" fullword
        $CommonDLLs2 = "USER32.dll" fullword
        $CommonDLLs3 = "ADVAPI32.dll" fullword
        $CommonDLLs4 = "ole32.dll" fullword
        $KeyString1 = { 74 79 70 65 3D 22 77 69 6E 33 32 22 20 6E 61 6D 65 3D 22 4D 69 63 72 6F 73 6F 66 74 2E 57 69 6E 64 6F 77 73 2E 43 6F 6D 6D 6F 6E 2D 43 6F 6E 74 72 6F 6C 73 22 20 76 65 72 73 69 6F 6E 3D 22 36 2E 30 2E 30 2E 30 22 20 70 72 6F 63 65 73 73 6F 72 41 72 63 68 69 74 65 63 74 75 72 65 3D 22 78 38 36 22 20 70 75 62 6C 69 63 4B 65 79 54 6F 6B 65 6E 3D 22 36 35 39 35 62 36 34 31 34 34 63 63 66 31 64 66 22 }
        $KeyString2 = { 74 79 70 65 3D 22 77 69 6E 33 32 22 20 6E 61 6D 65 3D 22 4D 69 63 72 6F 73 6F 66 74 2E 56 43 39 30 2E 4D 46 43 22 20 76 65 72 73 69 6F 6E 3D 22 39 2E 30 2E 32 31 30 32 32 2E 38 22 20 70 72 6F 63 65 73 73 6F 72 41 72 63 68 69 74 65 63 74 75 72 65 3D 22 78 38 36 22 20 70 75 62 6C 69 63 4B 65 79 54 6F 6B 65 6E 3D 22 31 66 63 38 62 33 62 39 61 31 65 31 38 65 33 62 22 }
        $Slashes = { 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C }
    condition:
        filesize < 2MB and filesize > 500KB and uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and uint32(uint32(0x3C)) == 0x00004550 and (all of ($CommonDLLs*)) and (all of ($KeyString*)) and $Slashes
}

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