ET MALWARE Cobalt Strike Related Activity (GET)

Query · suricata

flow:established,to_server;
http.method;
content:"GET";
http.uri;
content:"/cm"; bsize:3;
http.user_agent;
content:"Mozilla/5.0 (compatible|3b 20|MSIE 9.0|3b 20|Windows NT 6.1|3b 20|Trident/5.0|3b 20|BOIE9|3b|ENUSMSE)"; bsize:78; fast_pattern;
http.header_names;
content:!"Referer|0d 0a|";
http.host;
pcre:"/^\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}$/";
Raw source ET MALWARE Cobalt Strike Related Activity (GET) · Suricata
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alert http $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (
    msg:"ET MALWARE Cobalt Strike Related Activity (GET)";
    flow:established,to_server;
    http.method;
    content:"GET";
    http.uri;
    content:"/cm"; bsize:3;
    http.user_agent;
    content:"Mozilla/5.0 (compatible|3b 20|MSIE 9.0|3b 20|Windows NT 6.1|3b 20|Trident/5.0|3b 20|BOIE9|3b|ENUSMSE)"; bsize:78; fast_pattern;
    http.header_names;
    content:!"Referer|0d 0a|";
    http.host;
    pcre:"/^\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}$/";
    reference:url,thedfirreport.com/2022/05/09/seo-poisoning-a-gootloader-story/;
    classtype:trojan-activity;
    sid:2036677; rev:1;
    metadata:attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2022_05_25, deployment Perimeter, deployment SSLDecrypt, malware_family Cobalt_Strike, confidence Medium, signature_severity Major, updated_at 2022_05_25, mitre_tactic_id TA0011, mitre_tactic_name Command_And_Control, mitre_technique_id T1001, mitre_technique_name Data_Obfuscation;
)

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