APT_MAL_HOPLIGHT_NK_HiddenCobra_Apr19_2


Description

Detects HOPLIGHT malware used by HiddenCobra APT group

Query · yara

strings:
      $s1 = "%SystemRoot%\\System32\\svchost.exe -k mdnetuse" fullword ascii
      $s2 = "%s\\hid.dll" fullword ascii
      $s3 = "%Systemroot%\\System32\\" ascii
      $s4 = "SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\services\\%s\\Parameters" fullword ascii
   condition:
      uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 800KB and all of them
Raw source APT_MAL_HOPLIGHT_NK_HiddenCobra_Apr19_2 · YARA
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rule APT_MAL_HOPLIGHT_NK_HiddenCobra_Apr19_2 {
   meta:
      description = "Detects HOPLIGHT malware used by HiddenCobra APT group"
      author = "Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)"
      reference = "https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/analysis-reports/AR19-100A"
      date = "2019-04-13"
      hash1 = "70034b33f59c6698403293cdc28676c7daa8c49031089efa6eefce41e22dccb3"
      id = "9c7fd381-272a-5cfc-a7ee-7f0f9221fa04"
   strings:
      $s1 = "%SystemRoot%\\System32\\svchost.exe -k mdnetuse" fullword ascii
      $s2 = "%s\\hid.dll" fullword ascii
      $s3 = "%Systemroot%\\System32\\" ascii
      $s4 = "SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\services\\%s\\Parameters" fullword ascii
   condition:
      uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 800KB and all of them
}

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