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cicada3301.yar/*
CICADA3301 ransomware (Rust, ESXi)
*/
rule Cicada3301_Ransomnote
{
meta:
author = "ransomware.live"
family = "ransomware.cicada3301"
description = "Detects CICADA3301 ransomware ransom note"
date = "2026-05-04"
severity = 7
score = 70
strings:
$s1 = "CICADA3301" ascii nocase
$s2 = "RECOVER-" ascii
$s3 = "cicada3301" ascii nocase
$s4 = "cicada.onion" ascii nocase
condition:
any of them
}
rule Cicada3301_PE
{
meta:
author = "ransomware.live"
family = "ransomware.cicada3301"
description = "Detects CICADA3301 ransomware binary"
date = "2026-05-04"
severity = 9
score = 90
strings:
$s1 = "CICADA3301" ascii wide
$s2 = "esxi" ascii nocase
$s3 = "vim-cmd" ascii
condition:
(uint16(0) == 0x5A4D or uint32(0) == 0x464C457F) and 2 of them
}