ET MALWARE Cobalt Strike Malleable C2 (MSDN Query Profile)


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flow:established,to_server;
http.method;
content:"GET";
http.uri;
content:!"&ac=";
content:!"&refinement=";
content:"/Search/en-US?query=";
content:"&pgArea=header"; distance:150; endswith;
content:!".";
pcre:"/^\/Search\/en-US\?query=[a-z]{200,400}&pgArea=header$/";
http.header;
content:"|0d 0a|Accept|3a 20|text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml|3b|q=0.9,*/*|3b|q=0.8|0d 0a|"; fast_pattern;
http.cookie;
content:"MUID="; depth:5;
content:"|3b|"; distance:32; within:1; endswith;
http.header_names;
content:!"Referer";
Raw source ET MALWARE Cobalt Strike Malleable C2 (MSDN Query Profile) · Suricata
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alert http $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (
    msg:"ET MALWARE Cobalt Strike Malleable C2 (MSDN Query Profile)";
    flow:established,to_server;
    http.method;
    content:"GET";
    http.uri;
    content:!"&ac=";
    content:!"&refinement=";
    content:"/Search/en-US?query=";
    content:"&pgArea=header"; distance:150; endswith;
    content:!".";
    pcre:"/^\/Search\/en-US\?query=[a-z]{200,400}&pgArea=header$/";
    http.header;
    content:"|0d 0a|Accept|3a 20|text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml|3b|q=0.9,*/*|3b|q=0.8|0d 0a|"; fast_pattern;
    http.cookie;
    content:"MUID="; depth:5;
    content:"|3b|"; distance:32; within:1; endswith;
    http.header_names;
    content:!"Referer";
    classtype:command-and-control;
    sid:2032747; rev:2;
    metadata:affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2020_10_13, deployment Perimeter, deployment SSLDecrypt, malware_family Cobalt_Strike, malware_family Cobalt_Strike, performance_impact Moderate, confidence Medium, signature_severity Major, updated_at 2024_05_01, mitre_tactic_id TA0011, mitre_tactic_name Command_And_Control, mitre_technique_id T1001, mitre_technique_name Data_Obfuscation;
)

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