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hunters.yar/*
Hunters International ransomware (successor to Hive)
*/
rule HuntersInternational_Ransomnote
{
meta:
author = "ransomware.live"
family = "ransomware.hunters"
description = "Detects Hunters International ransom note"
date = "2026-05-04"
severity = 7
score = 70
strings:
$s1 = "Hunters International" ascii nocase
$s2 = "Contact.txt" ascii nocase
$s3 = ".hunters" ascii
$s4 = "hunters55i2i" ascii nocase
condition:
any of them
}
rule HuntersInternational_PE
{
meta:
author = "ransomware.live"
family = "ransomware.hunters"
description = "Detects Hunters International ransomware executable"
date = "2026-05-04"
severity = 9
score = 90
strings:
$s1 = "Hunters International" ascii wide
$s2 = ".hunters" ascii
$s3 = "hunters55i2i" ascii
condition:
uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and 2 of them
}