ET MALWARE Win32/Generik.NWVMNHQ Variant Exfil (POST)


Query · suricata

flow:to_server,established;
http.method;
content:"POST";
http.user_agent;
content:"python-requests"; startswith;
http.connection;
content:"keep-alive";
http.content_type;
content:"application/json";
http.request_body;
content:"|7b 22|architecture|22 3a 20 22|"; startswith; fast_pattern;
content:"|22 2c 20 22|ram|22 3a 20|"; distance:0;
content:"|22|cpu|22 3a 20 7b 22|module|22 3a 20 22|"; distance:0;
content:"|22 2c 20 22|cores|22 3a 20|"; distance:0;
content:"|7d 7d|"; endswith;
Raw source ET MALWARE Win32/Generik.NWVMNHQ Variant Exfil (POST) · Suricata
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alert http $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (
    msg:"ET MALWARE Win32/Generik.NWVMNHQ Variant Exfil (POST)";
    flow:to_server,established;
    http.method;
    content:"POST";
    http.user_agent;
    content:"python-requests"; startswith;
    http.connection;
    content:"keep-alive";
    http.content_type;
    content:"application/json";
    http.request_body;
    content:"|7b 22|architecture|22 3a 20 22|"; startswith; fast_pattern;
    content:"|22 2c 20 22|ram|22 3a 20|"; distance:0;
    content:"|22|cpu|22 3a 20 7b 22|module|22 3a 20 22|"; distance:0;
    content:"|22 2c 20 22|cores|22 3a 20|"; distance:0;
    content:"|7d 7d|"; endswith;
    reference:md5,51c91efa24749ba015039099df44b7e9;
    reference:url,twitter.com/1ZRR4H/status/1611013038987005954;
    classtype:trojan-activity;
    sid:2043235; rev:1;
    metadata:affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2023_01_06, deployment Perimeter, deployment SSLDecrypt, malware_family Win32_Generik_NWVMNHQ, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Description_Generated_By_Proofpoint_Nexus, updated_at 2023_01_06, reviewed_at 2025_10_24;
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