APT_MAL_Win_DecRok


Description

The DECROK malware family, which uses the victim's hostname to decrypt and execute an embedded payload.

Query · yara

strings:
        $v1 = {C7 ?? ?? ?? 01 23 45 67 [2-20] C7 ?? ?? ?? 89 AB CD EF C7 ?? ?? ?? FE DC BA 98}

        $av1 = "Select * From AntiVirusProduct" wide
        $av2 = "root\\SecurityCenter2" wide

      /* CreateThread..%02x */
        $funcformat = { 25 30 32 78 [0-10] 43 72 65 61 74 65 54 68 72 65 61 64 }

    condition:
        all of them
Raw source APT_MAL_Win_DecRok · YARA
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Published by Neo23x0/signature-base ↗, licensed under Detection Rule License 1.1 ↗. Reproduced here unmodified.
rule APT_MAL_Win_DecRok : InkySquid
{
    meta:
        author = "threatintel@volexity.com"
        date = "2021-06-23"
        description = "The DECROK malware family, which uses the victim's hostname to decrypt and execute an embedded payload."
        hash = "6a452d088d60113f623b852f33f8f9acf0d4197af29781f889613fed38f57855"
        license = "See license at https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/LICENSE.txt"
        reference = "https://www.volexity.com/blog/2021/08/24/north-korean-bluelight-special-inkysquid-deploys-rokrat/"
        id = "dc83843d-fd2a-52f1-82e8-8e36b135a0c5"
    strings:
        $v1 = {C7 ?? ?? ?? 01 23 45 67 [2-20] C7 ?? ?? ?? 89 AB CD EF C7 ?? ?? ?? FE DC BA 98}

        $av1 = "Select * From AntiVirusProduct" wide
        $av2 = "root\\SecurityCenter2" wide

      /* CreateThread..%02x */
        $funcformat = { 25 30 32 78 [0-10] 43 72 65 61 74 65 54 68 72 65 61 64 }

    condition:
        all of them
}

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