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https://github.com/plusvic/yara

The pattern matching swiss knife
https://github.com/plusvic/yara

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The pattern matching swiss knife

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/plusvic/yara
Owner: plusvic
License: bsd-3-clause
Fork: true (VirusTotal/yara)
Created: 2016-06-07T21:25:11.000Z (over 8 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2020-03-13T16:45:49.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
Last Synced: 2024-08-03T15:06:04.996Z (5 months ago)
Language: C
Homepage: http://virustotal.github.io/yara/
Size: 18.9 MB
Stars: 137
Watchers: 13
Forks: 36
Open Issues: 1
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: COPYING

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README

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## YARA in a nutshell

YARA is a tool aimed at (but not limited to) helping malware researchers to

identify and classify malware samples. With YARA you can create descriptions of

malware families (or whatever you want to describe) based on textual or binary

patterns. Each description, a.k.a rule, consists of a set of strings and a

boolean expression which determine its logic. Let's see an example:

```yara

rule silent_banker : banker

{

    meta:

        description = "This is just an example"

        threat_level = 3

        in_the_wild = true

    strings:

        $a = {6A 40 68 00 30 00 00 6A 14 8D 91}

        $b = {8D 4D B0 2B C1 83 C0 27 99 6A 4E 59 F7 F9}

        $c = "UVODFRYSIHLNWPEJXQZAKCBGMT"

    condition:

        $a or $b or $c

}

```

The above rule is telling YARA that any file containing one of the three strings

must be reported as *silent_banker*. This is just a simple example, more

complex and powerful rules can be created by using wild-cards, case-insensitive

strings, regular expressions, special operators and many other features that

you'll find explained in [YARA's documentation](https://yara.readthedocs.org/).

YARA is multi-platform, running on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, and can be used

through its command-line interface or from your own Python scripts with the

yara-python extension.

## Additional resources

If you plan to use YARA to scan compressed files (.zip, .tar, etc) you should

take a look at [yextend](https://github.com/BayshoreNetworks/yextend), a very

helpful extension to YARA developed and open-sourced by Bayshore Networks.

Additionally, the guys from [InQuest](https://inquest.net/) have curated an

awesome list of [YARA-related stuff](https://github.com/InQuest/awesome-yara).

## Who's using YARA

* [ActiveCanopy](https://activecanopy.com/)

* [Adlice](http://www.adlice.com/)

* [AlienVault](https://otx.alienvault.com/)

* [Avast](https://www.avast.com/)

* [BAE Systems](http://www.baesystems.com/home?r=ai)

* [Bayshore Networks, Inc.](http://www.bayshorenetworks.com)

* [BinaryAlert](https://github.com/airbnb/binaryalert)

* [Blue Coat](http://www.bluecoat.com/products/malware-analysis-appliance)

* [Blueliv](http://www.blueliv.com)

* [Cofense](https://cofense.com)

* [Conix](http://www.conix.fr)

* [CounterCraft](https://www.countercraft.eu)

* [CrowdStrike FMS](https://github.com/CrowdStrike/CrowdFMS)

* [Cuckoo Sandbox](https://github.com/cuckoosandbox/cuckoo)

* [Cyber Triage](http://www.cybertriage.com)

* [Cybereason](https://www.cybereason.com)

* [Digita Security](https://digitasecurity.com/product/uxprotect)

* [Dragos Platform](https://dragos.com/platform/)

* [Dtex Systems](https://dtexsystems.com)

* [ESET](https://www.eset.com)

* [ESTsecurity](https://www.estsecurity.com)

* [Fidelis XPS](http://www.fidelissecurity.com/network-security-appliance/Fidelis-XPS)

* [FireEye, Inc.](http://www.fireeye.com)

* [Fox-IT](https://www.fox-it.com)

* [FSF](https://github.com/EmersonElectricCo/fsf)

* [Guidance Software](http://www.guidancesoftware.com/endpointsecurity)

* [Heroku](https://heroku.com)

* [Hornetsecurity](https://www.hornetsecurity.com/en/)

* [InQuest](http://www.inquest.net/)

* [JASK](http://jask.io)

* [Joe Security](https://www.joesecurity.org)

* [jsunpack-n](http://jsunpack.jeek.org/)

* [Kaspersky Lab](http://www.kaspersky.com)

* [Koodous](https://koodous.com/)

* [Laika BOSS](https://github.com/lmco/laikaboss)

* [Lastline, Inc.](http://www.lastline.com)

* [LimaCharlie](https://limacharlie.io/)

* [McAfee Advanced Threat Defense](http://mcafee.com/atd)

* [Metaflows](http://www.metaflows.com)

* [NBS System](https://www.nbs-system.com/)

* [Nextron Systems](https://www.nextron-systems.com)

* [Nozomi Networks](http://www.nozominetworks.com)

* [osquery](http://www.osquery.io)

* [Payload Security](https://www.payload-security.com)

* [PhishMe](http://phishme.com/)

* [Picus Security](http://www.picussecurity.com/)

* [Radare2](http://rada.re)

* [Raytheon Cyber Products, Inc.](http://www.raytheoncyber.com/capabilities/products/sureview-threatprotection/)

* [RedSocks Security](https://redsocks.eu/)

* [ReversingLabs](http://reversinglabs.com)

* [root9B](https://www.root9b.com)

* [RSA ECAT](http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-ecat.htm)

* [Scanii](https://scanii.com)

* [SecondWrite](https://www.secondwrite.com)

* [SonicWall](https://www.sonicwall.com/)

* [SpamStopsHere](https://www.spamstopshere.com)

* [stoQ](http://stoq.punchcyber.com)

* [Symantec](http://www.symantec.com)

* [Tanium](http://www.tanium.com/)

* [Tenable Network Security](https://www.tenable.com/)

* [The DigiTrust Group](http://www.digitrustgroup.com/)

* [ThreatConnect](https://www.threatconnect.com/)

* [ThreatStream, Inc.](http://threatstream.com)

* [Thug](https://github.com/buffer/thug)

* [Trend Micro](http://www.trendmicro.com)

* [VirusTotal Intelligence](https://www.virustotal.com/intelligence/)

* [VMRay](https://www.vmray.com/)

* [We Watch Your Website](http://www.wewatchyourwebsite.com/)

* [Websense](http://www.websense.com)

* [x64dbg](http://x64dbg.com)

* [YALIH](https://github.com/Masood-M/YALIH)

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