alert http $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (
msg:"ET MALWARE Covenant Framework Default HTTP Beacon";
flow:established,to_server;
threshold:type limit, count 1, seconds 60, track by_src;
content:"|0d 0a 0d 0a|i="; fast_pattern;
http.method;
content:"POST";
http.uri;
content:"/en-us/"; depth:7;
http.request_body;
content:"i="; depth:2;
content:"&data="; distance:0;
content:"&session="; distance:0;
reference:url,github.com/cobbr/Covenant;
reference:url,posts.specterops.io/entering-a-covenant-net-command-and-control-e11038bcf462;
classtype:trojan-activity;
sid:2027792; rev:2;
metadata:affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2019_08_04, deployment Perimeter, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag c2, updated_at 2020_08_31, mitre_tactic_id TA0010, mitre_tactic_name Exfiltration, mitre_technique_id T1041, mitre_technique_name Exfiltration_Over_C2_Channel;
)