alert http $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (
msg:"ET MALWARE MSIL/Almashreq CnC Checkin";
flow:established,to_server;
http.method;
content:"POST";
http.user_agent;
content:"MS|20|Web|20|Services|20|Client|20|Protocol"; fast_pattern;
http.request_body;
content:"<?xml"; depth:5;
content:"<PCName>"; distance:0;
content:"<|2f|PCName>"; distance:0;
content:!"<SiteID>";
http.header_names;
content:"SOAPAction";
content:!"Referer";
classtype:command-and-control;
sid:2027353; rev:3;
metadata:affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2019_05_13, deployment Perimeter, malware_family MSIL_Almashreq, performance_impact Low, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Backdoor, updated_at 2020_10_21;
)