ET MALWARE Suspected Gamaredon APT Related Activity

Query · suricata

flow:established,to_server;
urilen:>30;
http.method;
content:"GET";
http.uri;
content:"-";
pcre:"/^.*\.[0-9a-z]{5}$/R";
http.user_agent;
content:"|3b 20|ms-office|3b 20|"; fast_pattern;
http.header_names;
content:!"|0d 0a|referer|0d 0a|"; nocase;
http.host;
content:!"link.email.newbalance.co.uk";
content:!"ibyteimg.com";
content:!"cisco.com";
content:!"ihg.com";
target:src_ip;
Raw source ET MALWARE Suspected Gamaredon APT Related Activity · Suricata
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alert http $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (
    msg:"ET MALWARE Suspected Gamaredon APT Related Activity";
    flow:established,to_server;
    urilen:>30;
    http.method;
    content:"GET";
    http.uri;
    content:"-";
    pcre:"/^.*\.[0-9a-z]{5}$/R";
    http.user_agent;
    content:"|3b 20|ms-office|3b 20|"; fast_pattern;
    http.header_names;
    content:!"|0d 0a|referer|0d 0a|"; nocase;
    http.host;
    content:!"link.email.newbalance.co.uk";
    content:!"ibyteimg.com";
    content:!"cisco.com";
    content:!"ihg.com";
    reference:md5,de9a87a8dc9eb67b3e54c452f63b2579;
    classtype:bad-unknown;
    sid:2045872; rev:5;
    metadata:attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2023_05_26, performance_impact Low, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Description_Generated_By_Proofpoint_Nexus, updated_at 2026_07_27, reviewed_at 2024_02_27;
    target:src_ip;
)

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