ET RETIRED Potential GCleaner CnC Checkin


Query · suricata

flow:established,to_server;
http.method;
content:"GET";
http.uri;
content:"|2f|advertisting|2f|plus|2e|php|3f|s|3d|NOSUB"; fast_pattern; startswith;
content:"str|3d|";
content:"substr|3d|"; bsize:56;
http.header_names;
content:"|0d 0a|Accept|0d 0a|Accept|2d|Language|0d 0a|Accept|2d|Charset|0d 0a|Accept|2d|Encoding|0d 0a|User|2d|Agent|0d 0a|Host|0d 0a|Connection|0d 0a|Cache|2d|Control|0d 0a 0d 0a|";
http.user_agent;
content:"OK";
target:src_ip;
Raw source ET RETIRED Potential GCleaner CnC Checkin · Suricata
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alert http $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (
    msg:"ET RETIRED Potential GCleaner CnC Checkin";
    flow:established,to_server;
    http.method;
    content:"GET";
    http.uri;
    content:"|2f|advertisting|2f|plus|2e|php|3f|s|3d|NOSUB"; fast_pattern; startswith;
    content:"str|3d|";
    content:"substr|3d|"; bsize:56;
    http.header_names;
    content:"|0d 0a|Accept|0d 0a|Accept|2d|Language|0d 0a|Accept|2d|Charset|0d 0a|Accept|2d|Encoding|0d 0a|User|2d|Agent|0d 0a|Host|0d 0a|Connection|0d 0a|Cache|2d|Control|0d 0a 0d 0a|";
    http.user_agent;
    content:"OK";
    reference:md5,1f5428d10a51b1247cd0b2565d709264;
    classtype:trojan-activity;
    sid:2044034; rev:5;
    metadata:attack_target Client_and_Server, created_at 2023_01_31, deployment Perimeter, former_category MALWARE, malware_family GCleaner, performance_impact Low, confidence Medium, signature_severity Major, tag Description_Generated_By_Proofpoint_Nexus, updated_at 2024_09_30, reviewed_at 2024_09_30;
    target:src_ip;
)

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