STX RAT

Author: YungBinary

data/yara/CAPE/STXRat.yar

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+rule STXRat 
+{
+    meta:
+        author = "YungBinary"
+        description = "https://www.esentire.com/blog/stx-rat-a-new-rat-in-2026-with-infostealer-capabilities"
+    strings: 
+        
+        // Lowercasing
+        $s1 = {
+            8D 51 BF
+            83 FA 19
+            8D 41 20
+            0F 47 C1
+            C2 
+        }
+        // AMSI ghosting
+        $s2 = {
+            48 8D 05 ?? ?? ?? ??
+            66 C7 45 ?? 48 B8 [0-6]
+            48 89 45 ??
+            48 8D 55 ??
+            66 C7 45 ?? FF E0
+        }
+        // Debugger check
+        $s3 = {
+            65 48 8B 04 25 60 00 00 00
+            80 78 02 01
+        }
+        // Crypto string
+        $s4 = "Microsoft Enhanced RSA and AES Cryptographic Provider (Prototype)" ascii
+        
+        // AES key/size/algo handling
+        $s5 = {
+            B9 10 66 00 00 [0-3]
+            0F 44 C1
+            B9 0F 66 00 00
+            41 81 ?? C0 00 00 00
+            0F 44 C1
+            B9 0E 66 00 00
+        }
+        // module name copying
+        $s6 = {
+            48 83 FB 5A
+            73 ??
+            88 84 1C ?? ?? ?? ??
+            48 FF C3
+            48 FF C1
+            8A 01
+            84 C0
+            75
+        }
+        // Sha1 initialization constants
+        $s7 = {
+            83 61 18 00
+            83 61 14 00
+            C7 01 01 23 45 67
+            C7 41 04 89 AB CD EF
+            C7 41 08 FE DC BA 98
+            C7 41 0C 76 54 32 10
+            C7 41 10 F0 E1 D2 C3
+            C3
+        }
+        // X25519 clamping
+        $s8 = {
+            80 61 1F 3F
+            80 49 1F 40
+            80 21 F8
+        }
+    condition: 
+        uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and (4 of ($s*))
+}

data/yara/CAPE/STXRatLoader.yar

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+import "pe"
+rule STXRatLoader
+{
+    meta:
+        author = "YungBinary"
+        description = "https://www.esentire.com/blog/stx-rat-a-new-rat-in-2026-with-infostealer-capabilities"
+    strings: 
+        
+        // Kernel32 ROR-14
+        $ror1 = { B9 4E 15 F5 1F E8 }
+        // VirtualProtect ROR-14
+        $ror2 = {
+            BA 35 EC 33 57
+            48 8B C8
+            48 8B D8
+            E8
+        }
+        // CreateThread ROR-14
+        $ror3 = {
+            BA 36 91 AC 32
+        }
+        // Ntdll ROR-14
+        $ror4 = {
+            BA 7E 91 90 5A
+            48 8B C8
+            E8
+        }
+        // XXTEA constant
+        $s1 = {
+            69 D0 47 86 C8 61
+        }
+        // Zlib
+        $s2 = {
+            B8 85 10 42 08
+            41 F7 E2
+        }
+        // ROR
+        $s3 = {
+            41 C1 C8 0E
+            0F BE C0
+            44 03 C0
+        }
+    condition: 
+        uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and ((pe.exports("init") and pe.exports("run")) and 1 of ($ror*) and 1 of ($s*))
+}