alert http $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (
msg:"ET MALWARE Patchwork Backdoor - Requesting Task";
flow:established,to_server;
http.method;
content:"POST";
http.uri; bsize:18;
content:"/cnc/tasks/request"; fast_pattern;
http.request_body;
content:"|7b 22|host_identifier|22 3a 22|"; startswith;
content:"|22 7d|"; distance:36; within:2; endswith;
reference:url,app.any.run/tasks/d6f9aecc-42be-4703-aadd-572ed1f4573f/;
reference:url,twitter.com/JAMESWT_MHT/status/1225014535591026688;
classtype:command-and-control;
sid:2029397; rev:1;
metadata:affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2020_02_06, deployment Perimeter, deployment SSLDecrypt, malware_family Backdoor, performance_impact Low, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Patchwork, tag Description_Generated_By_Proofpoint_Nexus, updated_at 2020_02_06;
)