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YARA Rule: hellokitty.yar

Group: Hellokitty
Valid Rule

rule ransom_Linux_HelloKitty_0721 {
   meta:
      description = "rule to detect Linux variant of the Hello Kitty Ransomware"
      author = "Christiaan @ ATR"
      date = "2021-07-19"
      Rule_Version = "v1"
      malware_type = "ransomware"
      malware_family = "Ransom:Linux/HelloKitty"
      hash1 = "ca607e431062ee49a21d69d722750e5edbd8ffabcb54fa92b231814101756041"
      hash2 = "556e5cb5e4e77678110961c8d9260a726a363e00bf8d278e5302cb4bfccc3eed"

   strings:
      $v1 = "esxcli vm process kill -t=force -w=%d" fullword ascii
      $v2 = "esxcli vm process kill -t=hard -w=%d" fullword ascii
      $v3 = "esxcli vm process kill -t=soft -w=%d" fullword ascii
      $v4 = "error encrypt: %s rename back:%s" fullword ascii
      $v5 = "esxcli vm process list" fullword ascii
      $v6 = "Total VM run on host:" fullword ascii
      $v7 = "error lock_exclusively:%s owner pid:%d" fullword ascii
      $v8 = "Error open %s in try_lock_exclusively" fullword ascii
      $v9 = "Mode:%d  Verbose:%d Daemon:%d AESNI:%d RDRAND:%d " fullword ascii
      $v10 = "pthread_cond_signal() error" fullword ascii
      $v11 = "ChaCha20 for x86_64, CRYPTOGAMS by <appro@openssl.org>" fullword ascii

   condition:
      ( uint16(0) == 0x457f and filesize < 200KB and ( 8 of them )
      ) or ( all of them )
}