VirusTotal · Schema

YaraRuleObject

A crowdsourced YARA rule contributed to the VirusTotal community.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Object identifier.
type	string	Object type discriminator.
links	object	Hypermedia links.
attributes	object	Type-specific attributes for YaraRuleObject.
relationships	object	Pre-expanded relationships, keyed by relationship name.

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/virustotal/refs/heads/main/json-schema/YaraRuleObject-schema.json",
  "title": "YaraRuleObject",
  "description": "A crowdsourced YARA rule contributed to the VirusTotal community.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Object identifier."
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Object type discriminator."
    },
    "links": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Hypermedia links.",
      "properties": {
        "self": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri"
        }
      }
    },
    "attributes": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Type-specific attributes for YaraRuleObject.",
      "properties": {
        "rule_name": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "Mal_Emotet_Loader"
        },
        "ruleset_id": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "ruleset_name": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "author": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "source": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Source URL of the rule."
        },
        "rules": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Raw YARA rule text."
        }
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Pre-expanded relationships, keyed by relationship name.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id",
    "type",
    "attributes"
  ]
}

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