APT_APT29_NOBELIUM_Stageless_Loader_May21_2


Description

Detects stageless loader as used by APT29 / NOBELIUM

Query · yara

strings:
      $x1 = "DLL_stageless.dll" ascii fullword
      
      $s1 = "c:\\users\\devuser\\documents" ascii fullword nocase
      $s2 = "VisualServiceComponent" ascii fullword
      $s3 = "CheckUpdteFrameJavaCurrentVersion" ascii fullword

      $op1 = { a3 d? 6? 04 10 ff d6 33 05 00 ?0 0? 10 68 d8 d4 00 10 57 a3 d? 6? 04 10 ff d6 33 05 00 ?0 0? 10 }
      $op2 = { ff d6 33 05 00 ?0 0? 10 68 d8 d4 00 10 57 a3 d? 6? 04 10 ff d6 33 05 00 ?0 0? 10 68 e8 d4 00 10 }
   condition:
      uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and
      filesize < 900KB and
      2 of them or 3 of them
Raw source APT_APT29_NOBELIUM_Stageless_Loader_May21_2 · YARA
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Published by Neo23x0/signature-base ↗, licensed under Detection Rule License 1.1 ↗. Reproduced here unmodified.
rule APT_APT29_NOBELIUM_Stageless_Loader_May21_2 {
   meta:
      description = "Detects stageless loader as used by APT29 / NOBELIUM"
      author = "Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)"
      reference = "https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/05/28/breaking-down-nobeliums-latest-early-stage-toolset/"
      date = "2021-05-29"
      hash1 = "a4f1f09a2b9bc87de90891da6c0fca28e2f88fd67034648060cef9862af9a3bf"
      hash2 = "c4ff632696ec6e406388e1d42421b3cd3b5f79dcb2df67e2022d961d5f5a9e78"
      id = "7b83d327-52fc-5401-ae35-00f6b825678a"
   strings:
      $x1 = "DLL_stageless.dll" ascii fullword
      
      $s1 = "c:\\users\\devuser\\documents" ascii fullword nocase
      $s2 = "VisualServiceComponent" ascii fullword
      $s3 = "CheckUpdteFrameJavaCurrentVersion" ascii fullword

      $op1 = { a3 d? 6? 04 10 ff d6 33 05 00 ?0 0? 10 68 d8 d4 00 10 57 a3 d? 6? 04 10 ff d6 33 05 00 ?0 0? 10 }
      $op2 = { ff d6 33 05 00 ?0 0? 10 68 d8 d4 00 10 57 a3 d? 6? 04 10 ff d6 33 05 00 ?0 0? 10 68 e8 d4 00 10 }
   condition:
      uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and
      filesize < 900KB and
      2 of them or 3 of them
}

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