/* Yara Rule Set Author: Florian Roth Date: 2017-09-08 Identifier: Reference: http://blog.fortinet.com/2017/04/05/in-depth-look-at-new-variant-of-monsoon-apt-backdoor-part-2 */ /* Rule Set ----------------------------------------------------------------- */ import "pe" rule Monsoon_APT_Malware_1 { meta: description = "Detects malware from Monsoon APT" author = "Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)" reference = "http://blog.fortinet.com/2017/04/05/in-depth-look-at-new-variant-of-monsoon-apt-backdoor-part-2" date = "2017-09-08" modified = "2023-01-06" hash1 = "c9642f44d33e4c990066ce6fa0b0956ff5ace6534b64160004df31b9b690c9cd" id = "a543c46d-01fc-5276-a915-183263956455" strings: $s1 = "cmd.exe /c start " fullword ascii $s2 = "\\Microsoft\\Templates\\" ascii $s3 = "\\Microsoft\\Windows\\" ascii condition: ( uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 300KB and ( pe.imphash() == "a0c824244f1d36ea1dd2759cf7599cd1" or all of them ) ) } rule Monsoon_APT_Malware_2 { meta: description = "Detects malware from Monsoon APT" license = "Detection Rule License 1.1 https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/master/LICENSE" author = "Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)" reference = "http://blog.fortinet.com/2017/04/05/in-depth-look-at-new-variant-of-monsoon-apt-backdoor-part-2" date = "2017-09-08" hash1 = "17c3d0fe08e1184c9737144fa065f4530def30d6591e5414a36463609f9aa53a" hash2 = "8e0574ebf3dc640ac82987ab6ee2a02fc3dd5eaf4f6b5275272ba887acd15ac0" hash3 = "bf93ca5f497fc7f38533d37fd4c083523ececc34aa2d3660d81014c0d9091ae3" id = "dbbccf56-7e36-5c3a-b8d9-ee08d077f29f" strings: $x1 = "\\Microsoft\\Windows\\coco.exe" ascii $x2 = ":\\System Volume Information\\config" fullword ascii $x3 = " cscript.[BACKSPA[PAGE DO[CAPS LO[PAGE UPTPX498.dTPX499.d" fullword wide $s1 = "\\Microsoft\\Templates\\msvcrt.dll" ascii $s2 = "%04d/%02d/%02d %02d:%02d:%02d - {%s}" fullword wide $s3 = "wininet.dll " fullword ascii $s4 = "DMCZ0001.dat" fullword ascii $s5 = "TZ0000001.dat" fullword ascii $s6 = "\\MUT.dat" ascii $s7 = "ouemm/emm!!!!!!!!!!!!!" fullword ascii condition: ( uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 400KB and ( 1 of ($x*) or 3 of them ) ) }