rule Mirage_APT_Backdoor : APT Mirage Backdoor Rat MirageRat { meta: author = "Silas Cutler (SCutler@SecureWorks.com)" version = "1.0" description = "Malware related to APT campaign" type = "APT Trojan / RAT / Backdoor" reference = "https://www.secureworks.com/research/the-mirage-campaign" strings: $a1 = "welcome to the desert of the real" $a2 = "Mirage" $b = "Encoding: gzip" $c = /\/[A-Za-z]*\?hl=en/ condition: (($a1 or $a2) or $b) and $c } rule skeleton_key_injected_code { meta: author = "secureworks" reference = "https://www.secureworks.com/research/skeleton-key-malware-analysis" strings: $injected = { 33 C0 85 C9 0F 95 C0 48 8B 8C 24 40 01 00 00 48 33 CC E8 4D 02 00 00 48 81 C4 58 01 00 00 C3 } $patch_CDLocateCSystem = { 48 89 5C 24 08 48 89 74 24 10 57 48 83 EC 20 48 8B FA 8B F1 E8 ?? ?? ?? ?? 48 8B D7 8B CE 48 8B D8 FF 50 10 44 8B D8 85 C0 0F 88 A5 00 00 00 48 85 FF 0F 84 9C 00 00 00 83 FE 17 0F 85 93 00 00 00 48 8B 07 48 85 C0 0F 84 84 00 00 00 48 83 BB 48 01 00 00 00 75 73 48 89 83 48 01 00 00 33 D2 } $patch_SamIRetrievePrimaryCredential = { 48 89 5C 24 08 48 89 6C 24 10 48 89 74 24 18 57 48 83 EC 20 49 8B F9 49 8B F0 48 8B DA 48 8B E9 48 85 D2 74 2A 48 8B 42 08 48 85 C0 74 21 66 83 3A 26 75 1B 66 83 38 4B 75 15 66 83 78 0E 73 75 0E 66 83 78 1E 4B 75 07 B8 A1 02 00 C0 EB 14 E8 ?? ?? ?? ?? 4C 8B CF 4C 8B C6 48 8B D3 48 8B CD FF 50 18 48 8B 5C 24 30 48 8B 6C 24 38 48 8B 74 24 40 48 83 C4 20 5F C3 } $patch_SamIRetrieveMultiplePrimaryCredential = { 48 89 5C 24 08 48 89 6C 24 10 48 89 74 24 18 57 48 83 EC 20 41 8B F9 49 8B D8 8B F2 8B E9 4D 85 C0 74 2B 49 8B 40 08 48 85 C0 74 22 66 41 83 38 26 75 1B 66 83 38 4B 75 15 66 83 78 0E 73 75 0E 66 83 78 1E 4B 75 07 B8 A1 02 00 C0 EB 12 E8 ?? ?? ?? ?? 44 8B CF 4C 8B C3 8B D6 8B CD FF 50 20 48 8B 5C 24 30 48 8B 6C 24 38 48 8B 74 24 40 48 83 C4 20 5F C3 } condition: any of them } rule skeleton_key_patcher { meta: author = "secureworks" reference = "https://www.secureworks.com/research/skeleton-key-malware-analysis" strings: $target_process = "lsass.exe" wide $dll1 = "cryptdll.dll" $dll2 = "samsrv.dll" $name = "HookDC.dll" $patched1 = "CDLocateCSystem" $patched2 = "SamIRetrievePrimaryCredentials" $patched3 = "SamIRetrieveMultiplePrimaryCredentials" condition: all of them }