Concrete signature match: Ransomware - Encrypts files and demands payment for 32-bit Windows platform, family Lockbit
This is a concrete detection for a variant of the Lockbit ransomware, a highly destructive malware family. The threat is designed to encrypt files on the compromised system and demand a ransom payment for their recovery. The detection is based on specific code signatures, indicating a very low risk of a false positive.
No specific strings found for this threat
rule Ransom_Win32_Lockbit_AK_2147897364_0
{
meta:
author = "threatcheck.sh"
detection_name = "Ransom:Win32/Lockbit.AK!ibt"
threat_id = "2147897364"
type = "Ransom"
platform = "Win32: Windows 32-bit platform"
family = "Lockbit"
severity = "Critical"
info = "ibt: an internal category used to refer to some threats"
signature_type = "SIGNATURE_TYPE_PEHSTR_EXT"
threshold = "2"
strings_accuracy = "High"
strings:
$x_1_1 = {8d 40 10 64 8b 00 8b 40 0c 8d 48 0c 89 4d f8 8b 48 0c 8b 59 18 33 c0 40 c1 e0 05 8d 40 1d 8b 44 03 ff 8d 04 03 8b 50 78 85 d2} //weight: 1, accuracy: High
$x_1_2 = {6a 00 6a 00 6a 00 6a 00 6a 00 68 02 10 04 00 ff d0 8b f0 85 f6 0f 84 7c 01 00 00 8b 40 40 c1 e8 1c} //weight: 1, accuracy: High
condition:
(filesize < 20MB) and
(all of ($x*))
}64c924b671ac30fb16981fe3473e6241f41bb8ddd39d342d279f2c5ecba65fc2f3ab6da562932f424ad771d445572adc91b8ba1fc7d0f7644b268423cce9696aImmediately isolate the affected system from the network to prevent lateral movement. Use your security software to remove the detected threat. Restore any encrypted files from a known-good, offline backup and do not pay the ransom.