alert http $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (
msg:"ET MALWARE OSX/SHLAYER CnC Checkin";
flow:established,to_server;
http.request_line;
content:"POST http://"; fast_pattern;
http.uri;
content:"/l"; bsize:2;
http.host;
content:"api."; startswith;
http.header_names;
content:"|0d 0a|Host|0d 0a|Content-Length|0d 0a|Content-Type|0d 0a|Accept|0d 0a|Connection|0d 0a 0d 0a|";
content:!"User-Agent";
content:!"Referer";
http.request_body;
content:"cs="; startswith;
pcre:"/^(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{2}==|[A-Za-z0-9+/]{3}=|[A-Za-z0-9+/]{4})/R";
http.content_type;
content:"application/x-www-form-urlencoded"; bsize:33;
threshold:type limit, count 1, seconds 600, track by_dst;
reference:md5,4d86ae25913374cfcb80a8d798b9016e;
reference:url,securelist.com/shlayer-for-macos/95724/;
classtype:command-and-control;
sid:2030231; rev:5;
metadata:affected_product Mac_OSX, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2020_05_29, deployment Perimeter, malware_family OSX_SHLAYER, performance_impact Moderate, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Description_Generated_By_Proofpoint_Nexus, updated_at 2024_04_04;
)