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PureBasicDLLNeilHodgson

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Retrieved: 2026-08-17T11:00:00Z · Confidence: medium

Hunt Hypothesis

This detection identifies potential adversary activity involving malicious PureBasic DLLs that may indicate early-stage lateral movement or code injection attempts within the environment. A proactive hunt is essential to uncover these specific artifacts before they escalate into broader compromises, ensuring timely analysis of their behavior and origin in Azure Sentinel.

YARA Rule

rule PureBasicDLLNeilHodgson
{
      meta:
		author="malware-lu"
strings:
		$a0 = { 83 7C 24 08 01 75 ?? 8B 44 24 04 A3 [3] 10 E8 }

condition:
		$a0 at pe.entry_point
}

Deployment Notes

This YARA rule can be deployed in the following contexts:

This rule contains 1 string patterns in its detection logic.

False Positive Guidance

Here are 5 specific false positive scenarios for the PureBasicDLLNeilHodgson detection rule, along with targeted filters and exclusions:

Original source: https://github.com/Yara-Rules/rules/blob/main/packers/packer.yar