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60 changes: 60 additions & 0 deletions modules/signatures/windows/ransomware_asynchronous_encryption.py
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# Copyright (C) 2026 Kevin Ross, identification of the behavior covered in this signature and some of the signature was generated by Gemini
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

from lib.cuckoo.common.abstracts import Signature

class RansomwareIOCPAsynchronousEncryption(Signature):
name = "ransomware_iocp_asynchronous_encryption"
description = "Binds a large number of files to I/O Completion Ports (IOCP), possible ransomware asynchronous encryption"
severity = 4
confidence = 80
categories = ["ransomware"]
authors = ["Kevin Ross", "Gemini"]
minimum = "1.3"
evented = True
ttps = ["T1486"]

filter_apinames = {"NtSetInformationFile"}

def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
Signature.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
self.iocp_files = set()
self.example_file = None

def on_call(self, call, process):
info_class = self.get_argument(call, "FileInformationClass")

if info_class == 30 or str(info_class) == "30" or str(info_class).upper() == "FILECOMPLETIONINFORMATION":
filepath = self.get_argument(call, "HandleName")

if isinstance(filepath, str) and "\\" in filepath:
filepath_lower = filepath.lower()

# Ignore system devices/pipes
if "\\??\\" in filepath_lower or "\\device\\" in filepath_lower:
return

if filepath_lower not in self.iocp_files:
self.iocp_files.add(filepath_lower)
if len(self.iocp_files) <= 15:
self.mark_call()

def on_complete(self):
if len(self.iocp_files) > 50:
self.data.append({
"total_files_bound_to_iocp": len(self.iocp_files),
})
return True
return False