ET MALWARE MegalodonHTTP CoinMiner Activity

Query · suricata

flow:established,to_server;
http.method;
content:"GET";
http.uri;
content:".php?check="; fast_pattern;
pcre:"/\.php\?check=\d$/";
http.header_names;
content:!"User-Agent|0d 0a|";
content:!"Accept";
content:!"Referer|0d 0a|";
content:"|0d 0a|Host|0d 0a|"; startswith;
Raw source ET MALWARE MegalodonHTTP CoinMiner Activity · Suricata
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alert http $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (
    msg:"ET MALWARE MegalodonHTTP CoinMiner Activity";
    flow:established,to_server;
    http.method;
    content:"GET";
    http.uri;
    content:".php?check="; fast_pattern;
    pcre:"/\.php\?check=\d$/";
    http.header_names;
    content:!"User-Agent|0d 0a|";
    content:!"Accept";
    content:!"Referer|0d 0a|";
    content:"|0d 0a|Host|0d 0a|"; startswith;
    reference:md5,966301e88d8a43abe1215413bfd48b09;
    reference:url,damballa.com/megalodonhttp-botnet-discovered-the-shark-paradox/;
    classtype:coin-mining;
    sid:2022128; rev:2;
    metadata:attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2015_11_23, deployment Perimeter, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Coinminer, updated_at 2020_06_09, mitre_tactic_id TA0040, mitre_tactic_name Impact, mitre_technique_id T1496, mitre_technique_name Resource_Hijacking;
)

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