APT_MAL_Famous_Chollima_Branchlure_BAT_Launcher_Sep26

Rule Info

Name
APT_MAL_Famous_Chollima_Branchlure_BAT_Launcher_Sep26
Author
Maurice Fielenbach
Description
Detects Windows batch launcher that stages the next-stage script and runs it, seen being used by Famous Chollima APT
Score
80
Reference
Internal Research
Date
2026-09-22
Minimum Yara
3.5.0
Rule Hash
796dd03e6b59b910046a0b0a2cddcb5f
Tags
['SCRIPT', 'NK', 'MAL', 'APT']
Required Modules
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Antivirus Verdicts

Rating
Number of Samples
Malicious (>= 10 engines)
1
Suspicious (< 10 engines)
8
Clean (0 engines)
3

Rule Matches

Timestamp
Positives
Total
Hash
VT
2026-10-18 10:28:55
0
54
f2e8cf65fc8e2f0e569650437a09e26bded18d16bab543575ab8d108c238f8d2
2026-10-18 09:45:17
0
56
540444be522f1b0a2dc47627fdb5518b72dc4ed5565f57c1efb98b47ecc3171b
2026-10-08 16:56:56
9
62
ca8315dcdaa556158f128611f75cd4a9919cdca692ac2c742f8f61e5eb0668ac
2026-10-08 10:53:17
2
62
8545ea11e2a9823ff0504862e88eac66a41ae3135f338ed1186470ca0fffac21
2026-10-06 20:03:38
2
62
bfd0fc8cc481843f90510595c315d2181130cbf6e5554b5a5355f3466967420a
2026-10-06 20:03:37
0
62
d4867867d825fb21fc85566c46616082cc608cc06a827f383877a9a9219ded2a
2026-10-06 20:02:15
5
62
a86aabe55300ca2da5426fca98d9b1cbb209ae9d4a78fe57ccd04e8eccbf520d
2026-10-06 20:01:57
2
62
2a60dc0822bb9b310a832af7f0fada67e4b7559b3043942db2fe683faa48d0ad
2026-10-06 20:01:56
24
62
7135a3a2239145504e6fdc81bcdef7bcbd69a06727b638a59ba1f3e76130eb1d
2026-10-06 20:01:56
4
62
a34afbe994de069fc813bf84308c2a7beb9f736517f0edecb0cc257aa8261166
2026-10-06 20:01:47
2
61
50072ddf06048cea372b5b086a68a7bd55d0a84f2b5e3ac255d64d7cb85e9354
2026-09-29 06:01:27
4
61
03ca4f25a47226531641164c89e56b10221e64c24524ecfe31db3b0781de84b2

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