alert http $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (
msg:"ET MALWARE W32/Echmark/MarkiRAT CnC Activity M3";
flow:established,to_server;
http.method;
content:"POST";
http.uri;
content:".php?u=";
http.user_agent;
content:"WinHTTP"; bsize:7;
http.request_body;
content:"p=<br><mark>Hello|3a 20|"; startswith; fast_pattern;
http.header_names;
content:!"Referer";
reference:md5,1fe34d84a058156296e86888ddd5cac9;
reference:url,securelist.com/ferocious-kitten-6-years-of-covert-surveillance-in-iran/102806/;
classtype:command-and-control;
sid:2033429; rev:1;
metadata:attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2021_07_26, deployment Perimeter, performance_impact Low, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Description_Generated_By_Proofpoint_Nexus, updated_at 2021_07_26;
)