rule BlackCat_ALPHV_Ransomware { meta: description = "Detects BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware" author = "Security Research" strings: $s1 = "RECOVER-FILES" ascii $s2 = "alphv" ascii nocase $s3 = "access-key" ascii $rust = ".rs" ascii condition: uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and 2 of them } rule BlackCat_ALPHV_ransomware_1 { meta: description = "Detects BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware" author = "RansomwareMonitor" date = "2026-03-06" hash = "b9d9bdb6cb9c5de3a6de716059c06c07f65adc248969fa07b704278157df3724" strings: $r0 = /[A-Za-z0-9]{56}\.onion/ $s1 = "BlackCat/ALPHV" nocase $r2 = /[A-Za-z0-9]{56}\.onion/ $r3 = /[A-Za-z0-9]{56}\.onion/ $h4 = { 20 2E 7F DE 56 92 1B DA E5 24 C8 CC 42 } $h5 = { 71 10 D3 10 E1 38 20 C3 94 F1 6C 34 10 D8 D5 61 C6 B } $s6 = ".onion" nocase condition: uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and filesize < 5MB and 3 of them }