APT_APT41_HIGHNOON_2


Description

Detects APT41 malware HIGHNOON

Query · yara

strings:
      $x1 = "H:\\RBDoor\\" ascii

      $s1 = "PlusDll.dll" fullword ascii
      $s2 = "ShutDownEvent.dll" fullword ascii
      $s3 = "\\svchost.exe" ascii
   condition:
      uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 600KB and (
         pe.imphash() == "b70358b00dd0138566ac940d0da26a03" or
         pe.exports("DllMain_mem") or
         $x1 or 3 of them
      )
Raw source APT_APT41_HIGHNOON_2 · YARA
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rule APT_APT41_HIGHNOON_2 {
   meta:
      description = "Detects APT41 malware HIGHNOON"
      author = "Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)"
      reference = "https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2019/08/apt41-dual-espionage-and-cyber-crime-operation.html"
      date = "2019-08-07"
      hash1 = "79190925bd1c3fae65b0d11db40ac8e61fb9326ccfed9b7e09084b891089602d"
      id = "1e48d859-2da9-583e-80e5-8d59054cfb85"
   strings:
      $x1 = "H:\\RBDoor\\" ascii

      $s1 = "PlusDll.dll" fullword ascii
      $s2 = "ShutDownEvent.dll" fullword ascii
      $s3 = "\\svchost.exe" ascii
   condition:
      uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 600KB and (
         pe.imphash() == "b70358b00dd0138566ac940d0da26a03" or
         pe.exports("DllMain_mem") or
         $x1 or 3 of them
      )
}

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