Essential information

Value / Name

6c4c7ca1fbbe73f6e9339ef588bef817e3559b3e

Confidence

100/100

Revoked

Yes

Valid from

24/11/2022 11:52

Valid until

27/02/2024 11:52

Pattern type

yara

Published

20/12/2025 19:36

Modified

20/12/2025 22:28

Author / Source

AlienVault

Description

Pattern

rule Nighthawk   
   {   
   	//   
   	meta:   
   		author = "Embee_Research @ Huntress"   
   		vendor = "Huntress"   
   		created = "2022/11/23"   
   		sharing = "TLP:White"   
   		description = "Experimental Yara rule for patterns observed in Nighthawk"   
   		   
   	strings:   
   		//First set of api hashes observed in Nighthawk   
   		$s1 = {c6 ad b1 fd}   
   		$s2 = {97 16 5f fa}   
   		$s3 = {d0 05 89 e9}   
   		$s4 = {bf 27 3f 97}   
   		$s5 = {d7 12 2f 49}   
   		$s6 = {f2 b7 78 2b}   
   		$s7 = {09 c4 e6 fb}   
   		$s8 = {54 af d9 1a}   
   		$s9 = {04 e4 72 6e}   
   		$s10 = {4f 06 7d 7d}   
   		$s11 = {93 ee 23 66}   
   		   
   		//Second set of api hashes observed in Nighthawk   
   		$g1 = {bf bf d1 d5}   
   		$g2 = {7c 75 84 91}   
   		$g3 = {47 fb eb 2b}   
   		$g4 = {42 24 3d 39}   
   		$g5 = {e7 e9 ef ee}   
   		$g6 = {47 fd 36 2e}   
   		$g7 = {39 de 19 3d}   
   		$g8 = {20 df db f7}   
   		$g9 = {45 34 2a 41}   
   		$g10 = {7d 1c 44 2e}   
   		$g11 = {7d 28 44 2e}   
   		$g12 = {94 36 65 8d}   
   		   
   		   
   		   
   																/* ROR_1   
   																LAB_18000146f               
   																   48  ff  c2       INC        RDX   
   																   c1  c9  08       ROR        ECX ,0x8   
   																   0f  be  c0       MOVSX      EAX ,AL   
   																   03  c8           ADD        ECX ,EAX   
   																*/   
   		//Sequences of ror instructions observed in payloads   
   		$ror_1 = {48 ff c2 c1 c9 08 0f be c0 03 c8}   
   		$ror_2 = {41 c1 c8 08 41 80 fa 61}   
   		   
   																/* gs_offset_1   
   																65  48  8b       MOV        RAX ,qword ptr GS :[0x30 ]   
   																04  25  30    
   																00  00  00   
   																48  8b  48       MOV        RCX ,qword ptr [RAX  + 0x60 ]   
   																60   
   																4c  8b  59       MOV        R11 ,qword ptr [RCX  + 0x18 ]   
   																18   
   																*/   
   		//Sequences of instructions related to peb/teb access   
   		$gs_offset_1 = {65 48 8b 04 25 30 00 00 00 48 8b 48 60 4c 8b 59 18}   
   		$gs_offset_2 = {65 48 8b 04 25 30 00 00 00 8b d9 48 8b 50 60 4c 8b 4a 18 49 83 c1 10}   
   		   
   		   
   																/*   
   															   c1  e9  02       SHR        param_1 ,0x2   
   															   33  ca           XOR        param_1 ,EDX   
   															   66  d1  e8       SHR        AX ,1   
   															   d1  e9           SHR        param_1 ,1   
   															   33  ca           XOR        param_1 ,EDX   
   															   c1  e9  02       SHR        param_1 ,0x2   
   															   33  ca           XOR        param_1 ,EDX   
   															   c1  e2  0f       SHL        EDX ,0xf   
   																*/   
   																   
   		//An interesting block of code, unsure of it's purpose   
   		$shr_block = {c1 e9 02 33 ca 66 d1 e8 d1 e9 33 ca c1 e9 02 33 ca c1 e2 0f}    
   		   
   	   
   	condition:   
   		(   
   			(   
   				(	// At least 3 api hashes from list   
   					(3 of ($s*)) or (3 of ($g*))   
   				)   
   				   
   				and    
   				   
   				(	// At least 1 ror sequence and peb/teb reference   
   					(1 of ($ror*)) and (1 of ($gs_offset*))   
   				)   
   			)   
   			or    
   				//or a reference to shr block   
   				$shr_block   
   		)   
   		   
   		and    
   		(	   
   			//For performance, check if pe file and less than 5MB   
   			(uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 5000KB)   
   		)   
   }

Labels / Tags

Labels: nighthawk

Marking (TLP)

TLP:CLEAR

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