alert http $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (
msg:"ET MALWARE Plead TSCookie CnC Checkin M1";
flow:established,to_server;
http.method;
content:"POST";
http.uri;
content:"/news?"; startswith;
pcre:"/^[a-z]=[A-F0-9]+$/R";
http.user_agent;
content:"Mozilla/4.0|20 28|compatible|3b 20|MSIE|20|8.0|3b 20|Win32|29|"; fast_pattern;
http.request_body;
pcre:"/^[\x20-\x7e\r\n]{0,13}[^\x20-\x7e\r\n]/si";
http.accept;
content:"*/*";
http.header_names;
content:!"Referer";
reference:url,blogs.jpcert.or.jp/en/2019/09/tscookie-loader.html;
classtype:command-and-control;
sid:2028599; rev:2;
metadata:affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2019_09_18, deployment Perimeter, malware_family TScookie, performance_impact Low, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag BlackTech, tag Plead, updated_at 2020_09_02;
)