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nefilim.yar/*
Nefilim ransomware
*/
rule Nefilim_Ransomnote
{
meta:
author = "ransomware.live"
family = "ransomware.nefilim"
description = "Detects Nefilim ransom note"
date = "2026-05-04"
severity = 7
score = 70
strings:
$s1 = "NEFILIM-DECRYPT.txt" ascii nocase
$s2 = "NEFILIM" ascii
$s3 = "nefilim@" ascii nocase
$s4 = ".NEFILIM" ascii
condition:
any of them
}
rule Nefilim_PE
{
meta:
author = "ransomware.live"
family = "ransomware.nefilim"
description = "Detects Nefilim ransomware executable"
date = "2026-05-04"
severity = 9
score = 90
strings:
$s1 = "NEFILIM" ascii wide
$s2 = "NEFILIM-DECRYPT" ascii
$s3 = ".NEFILIM" ascii
condition:
uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and 2 of them
}