diff --git a/third_party/yara/YARAForge/yara-rules-full.yar b/third_party/yara/YARAForge/yara-rules-full.yar
index f8fcacd95..76d050d4e 100644
--- a/third_party/yara/YARAForge/yara-rules-full.yar
+++ b/third_party/yara/YARAForge/yara-rules-full.yar
@@ -252638,22 +252638,22 @@ rule SEKOIA_Infostealer_Mac_Realst : FILE
 		classification = "TLP:CLEAR"
 
 	strings:
-		$str00 = "realst@" ascii
-		$str01 = "IP:" ascii
-		$str02 = "OS:" ascii
-		$str03 = "PC PASSWORD:" ascii
-		$str04 = "Cookies:" ascii
-		$str05 = "Wallets:" ascii
-		$str06 = "Apps:" ascii
-		$str07 = "USERNAME: ]" ascii
-		$str08 = "FILENAME:" ascii
-		$str09 = "multipart/form-data; boundary=" ascii
-		$str10 = "src/browsers/firefox/modules/decryptors.rs" ascii
-		$str11 = "{\"event_id\":\"" ascii
-		$str12 = "..browsers..firefox..modules..data_stealers.." ascii
-		$str13 = "..browsers..chromium..modules..key_stealers.." ascii
-		$str14 = "..browsers..firefox..modules..decryptors.." ascii
-		$str15 = "url: , login: , password:" ascii
+		$str00 = { 72 65 61 6C 73 74 40 }
+		$str01 = { 49 50 3A }
+		$str02 = { 4F 53 3A }
+		$str03 = { 50 43 20 50 41 53 53 57 4F 52 44 3A }
+		$str04 = { 43 6F 6F 6B 69 65 73 3A }
+		$str05 = { 57 61 6C 6C 65 74 73 3A }
+		$str06 = { 41 70 70 73 3A }
+		$str07 = { 55 53 45 52 4E 41 4D 45 3A 20 5D }
+		$str08 = { 46 49 4C 45 4E 41 4D 45 3A }
+		$str09 = { 6D 75 6C 74 69 70 61 72 74 2F 66 6F 72 6D 2D 64 61 74 61 3B 20 62 6F 75 6E 64 61 72 79 3D }
+		$str10 = { 73 72 63 2F 62 72 6F 77 73 65 72 73 2F 66 69 72 65 66 6F 78 2F 6D 6F 64 75 6C 65 73 2F 64 65 63 72 79 70 74 6F 72 73 2E 72 73 }
+		$str11 = { 7B 22 65 76 65 6E 74 5F 69 64 22 3A 22 }
+		$str12 = { 2E 2E 62 72 6F 77 73 65 72 73 2E 2E 66 69 72 65 66 6F 78 2E 2E 6D 6F 64 75 6C 65 73 2E 2E 64 61 74 61 5F 73 74 65 61 6C 65 72 73 2E 2E }
+		$str13 = { 2E 2E 62 72 6F 77 73 65 72 73 2E 2E 63 68 72 6F 6D 69 75 6D 2E 2E 6D 6F 64 75 6C 65 73 2E 2E 6B 65 79 5F 73 74 65 61 6C 65 72 73 2E 2E }
+		$str14 = { 2E 2E 62 72 6F 77 73 65 72 73 2E 2E 66 69 72 65 66 6F 78 2E 2E 6D 6F 64 75 6C 65 73 2E 2E 64 65 63 72 79 70 74 6F 72 73 2E 2E }
+		$str15 = { 75 72 6C 3A 20 2C 20 6C 6F 67 69 6E 3A 20 2C 20 70 61 73 73 77 6F 72 64 3A }
 
 	condition:
 		( uint32( 0 ) == 0xfeedface or uint32( 0 ) == 0xcefaedfe or uint32( 0 ) == 0xfeedfacf or uint32( 0 ) == 0xcffaedfe or uint32( 0 ) == 0xcafebabe or uint32( 0 ) == 0xbebafeca ) and 13 of ( $str* )
diff --git a/third_party/yara/update.sh b/third_party/yara/update.sh
index c972abe41..1b6c27ca3 100755
--- a/third_party/yara/update.sh
+++ b/third_party/yara/update.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,36 @@ function fixup_rules() {
 			fi
 		done
 	done
+
+	# Convert text strings to hex for specific rules inside monolithic YARA files.
+	# Format: "rule_name:filename" pairs. The filename is matched against basename.
+	local edr_flagged_monolithic_rules=(
+		"SEKOIA_Infostealer_Mac_Realst:yara-rules-full.yar"
+	)
+	for file in "$@"; do
+		local base
+		base="$(basename "$file")"
+		for entry in "${edr_flagged_monolithic_rules[@]}"; do
+			local rule_name="${entry%%:*}"
+			local target_file="${entry##*:}"
+			if [[ "$base" == "$target_file" ]]; then
+				perl -i -pe '
+					BEGIN { $in_rule = 0; $in_strings = 0; }
+					if (/^rule '"${rule_name}"' /) { $in_rule = 1; }
+					if ($in_rule && /^\s+strings:/) { $in_strings = 1; next; }
+					if ($in_rule && $in_strings && /^\s+condition:/) { $in_rule = 0; $in_strings = 0; next; }
+					if ($in_rule && $in_strings) {
+						s{^(\s*)(\$\w+)\s*=\s*"((?:[^"\\]|\\.)+)"\s+ascii(\s+\w+)?\s*$}{
+							my ($ind, $var, $raw, $mod) = ($1, $2, $3, $4);
+							$raw =~ s/\\(.)/$1/g;
+							my $hex = join(" ", map { sprintf "%02X", ord($_) } split(//, $raw));
+							sprintf("%s%s = { %s }%s\n", $ind, $var, $hex, defined($mod) ? $mod : "");
+						}e;
+					}
+				' "$file"
+			fi
+		done
+	done
 }
 
 # update_dep updates a dependency to the latest release