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hades.yar/*
Hades ransomware (Gold Winter)
*/
rule Hades_Ransomnote
{
meta:
author = "ransomware.live"
family = "ransomware.hades"
description = "Detects Hades ransomware ransom note"
date = "2026-05-04"
severity = 7
score = 70
strings:
$s1 = "HOW-TO-DECRYPT-HADES.txt" ascii nocase
$s2 = "HADES" ascii
$s3 = "hadesransomware" ascii nocase
condition:
any of them
}
rule Hades_PE
{
meta:
author = "ransomware.live"
family = "ransomware.hades"
description = "Detects Hades ransomware executable"
date = "2026-05-04"
severity = 9
score = 90
strings:
$s1 = "HOW-TO-DECRYPT-HADES" ascii
$s2 = "HADES" ascii wide
$s3 = "--path" ascii
$s4 = "--kill" ascii
condition:
uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and 2 of them
}