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avaddon.yar/*
Avaddon ransomware
*/
rule Avaddon_Ransomnote
{
meta:
author = "ransomware.live"
family = "ransomware.avaddon"
description = "Detects Avaddon ransom note HTML"
date = "2026-05-04"
severity = 7
score = 70
strings:
$s1 = "AVADDON" ascii nocase
$s2 = "avaddonbotrxmuyl.onion" ascii nocase
$s3 = "_readme_.html" ascii nocase
$s4 = "avaddon@" ascii nocase
condition:
any of them
}
rule Avaddon_PE
{
meta:
author = "ransomware.live"
family = "ransomware.avaddon"
description = "Detects Avaddon ransomware executable"
date = "2026-05-04"
severity = 9
score = 90
strings:
$s1 = "Avaddon" ascii wide
$s2 = ".avdn" ascii
$s3 = "avaddonbotrxmuyl" ascii
condition:
uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and 2 of them
}