Antivirus - Ransomware Signature

title: Antivirus - Ransomware Signature
id: 4c6ca276-d4d0-4a8c-9e4c-d69832f8671f
status: test
description: |
    Detects a highly relevant Antivirus alert that reports ransomware.
    This event must not be ignored just because the AV has blocked the malware but investigate, how it came there in the first place.
references:
    - https://www.nextron-systems.com/?s=antivirus
    - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/43b0f7872900bd234975a0877744554f4f355dc57505517abd1ef611e1ce6916
    - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/c312c05ddbd227cbb08958876df2b69d0f7c1b09e5689eb9d93c5b357f63eff7
    - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/20179093c59bca3acc6ce9a4281e8462f577ffd29fd7bf51cf2a70d106062045
    - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/554db97ea82f17eba516e6a6fdb9dc04b1d25580a1eb8cb755eeb260ad0bd61d
    - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/69fe77dd558e281621418980040e2af89a2547d377d0f2875502005ce22bc95c
    - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/6f0f20da34396166df352bf301b3c59ef42b0bc67f52af3d541b0161c47ede05
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Arnim Rupp
date: 2022-05-12
modified: 2026-06-15
tags:
    - attack.t1486
    - attack.impact
logsource:
    category: antivirus
detection:
    selection:
        Signature|contains:
            - 'Babuk'
            - 'Babyk'
            - 'BlackWorm'
            - 'Chaos'
            - 'Cobra'
            - 'ContiCrypt'
            - 'Crypter'
            - 'Cryptes'
            - 'Cryptor'
            - 'CylanCrypt'
            - 'DelShad'
            - 'Destructor'
            - 'Filecoder'
            - 'GandCrab'
            - 'GrandCrab'
            - 'Haperlock'
            - 'Hiddentear'
            - 'HydraCrypt'
            - 'Krypt'
            - 'Lockbit'
            - 'Locker'
            - 'Mallox'
            - 'Medusa'
            - 'Phobos'
            - 'Ransom'
            - 'Rook'
            - 'Ryuk'
            - 'Ryzerlo'
            - 'Stopcrypt'
            - 'Tescrypt'
            - 'TeslaCrypt'
            - 'WannaCry'
            - 'Xorist'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: critical