ET MALWARE Vawtrak/NeverQuest CnC Beacon


Query · suricata

flow:established,to_server;
flowbits:set,ET.Vawtrak;
http.method;
content:"POST";
http.uri;
content:".php?";
content:"/0";
content:"=0000"; fast_pattern;
content:"=?";
pcre:"/\.php\?[a-z]+=0000[a-fA-F0-9]{4}&[a-z]+=\?[A-F0-9]+&[a-z]=\d{4}&[a-z]=\d{4}$/";
http.header;
content:"Accept";
http.content_type;
content:"application/x-www-form-urlencoded"; bsize:33;
http.header_names;
content:!"Referer|0d 0a|";

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Raw source ET MALWARE Vawtrak/NeverQuest CnC Beacon · Suricata
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Published by Emerging Threats Open ↗, licensed under BSD 3-Clause ↗. Line breaks added for readability; the rule is otherwise unchanged.
#alert http $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (
#    msg:"ET MALWARE Vawtrak/NeverQuest CnC Beacon";
#    flow:established,to_server;
#    flowbits:set,ET.Vawtrak;
#    http.method;
#    content:"POST";
#    http.uri;
#    content:".php?";
#    content:"/0";
#    content:"=0000"; fast_pattern;
#    content:"=?";
#    pcre:"/\.php\?[a-z]+=0000[a-fA-F0-9]{4}&[a-z]+=\?[A-F0-9]+&[a-z]=\d{4}&[a-z]=\d{4}$/";
#    http.header;
#    content:"Accept";
#    http.content_type;
#    content:"application/x-www-form-urlencoded"; bsize:33;
#    http.header_names;
#    content:!"Referer|0d 0a|";
#    reference:md5,1b820dda5833f802be829d468884884e;
#    classtype:command-and-control;
#    sid:2025089; rev:6;
#    metadata:attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2015_08_25, deployment Perimeter, performance_impact Moderate, signature_severity Major, tag c2, updated_at 2024_04_29, mitre_tactic_id TA0010, mitre_tactic_name Exfiltration, mitre_technique_id T1041, mitre_technique_name Exfiltration_Over_C2_Channel;
#)

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