APT28_SourFace_Malware1


Description

Detects Malware from APT28 incident - SOURFACE is a downloader that obtains a second-stage backdoor from a C2 server.

Query · yara

strings:
		$s0 = "coreshell.dll" fullword wide /* PEStudio Blacklist: strings */
		$s1 = "Core Shell Runtime Service" fullword wide /* PEStudio Blacklist: strings */
		$s2 = "\\chkdbg.log" wide
	condition:
		uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 62KB and all of them
Raw source APT28_SourFace_Malware1 · YARA
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Published by Neo23x0/signature-base ↗, licensed under Detection Rule License 1.1 ↗. Reproduced here unmodified.
rule APT28_SourFace_Malware1 {
	meta:
		description = "Detects Malware from APT28 incident - SOURFACE is a downloader that obtains a second-stage backdoor from a C2 server."
		author = "Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)"
		reference = "https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2014/10/apt28-a-window-into-russias-cyber-espionage-operations.html"
		date = "2015-06-01"
		hash1 = "e2450dffa675c61aa43077b25b12851a910eeeb6"
		hash2 = "d9c53adce8c35ec3b1e015ec8011078902e6800b"
		score = 60
		id = "d4275b8d-384f-58b7-bac5-05fb7db659e2"
	strings:
		$s0 = "coreshell.dll" fullword wide /* PEStudio Blacklist: strings */
		$s1 = "Core Shell Runtime Service" fullword wide /* PEStudio Blacklist: strings */
		$s2 = "\\chkdbg.log" wide
	condition:
		uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 62KB and all of them
}

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