alert tcp $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET 25 (
msg:"ET MALWARE MiniDuke CnC Beacon (string2_slide_1_1)";
flow:established,to_server;
content:"QDM0Zlo";
content:"3"; within:3;
content:"R"; within:3;
content:"V"; within:3;
content:"t"; within:3;
content:"w"; within:3;
content:"X"; within:3;
reference:url,www.us-cert.gov/security-publications/GRIZZLY-STEPPE-Russian-Malicious-Cyber-Activity;
classtype:targeted-activity;
sid:2023924; rev:1;
metadata:affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2017_02_16, deployment Perimeter, malware_family APT29_MiniDuke, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag c2, updated_at 2019_07_26, mitre_tactic_id TA0010, mitre_tactic_name Exfiltration, mitre_technique_id T1041, mitre_technique_name Exfiltration_Over_C2_Channel;
)