ET MALWARE SMOKEDHAM/Thundershell CnC Checkin


Query · suricata

flow:established,to_server;
http.method;
content:"POST";
http.uri.raw;
content:"//"; startswith;
pcre:"/^[A-Za-z0-9]{1,15}\x2f$/R";
http.user_agent;
content:"Microsoft Windows NT "; fast_pattern; startswith;
http.content_type; bsize:16;
content:"application/json";
http.request_body;
content:"|7b 22|UUID|22 3a|null|2c 22|ID|22 3a 22|"; startswith;
pcre:"/^[A-Za-z0-9]{16}/R";
content:"|22 2c 22|Data|22 3a 22|"; within:30;
target:src_ip;
Raw source ET MALWARE SMOKEDHAM/Thundershell CnC Checkin · Suricata
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alert http $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (
    msg:"ET MALWARE SMOKEDHAM/Thundershell CnC Checkin";
    flow:established,to_server;
    http.method;
    content:"POST";
    http.uri.raw;
    content:"//"; startswith;
    pcre:"/^[A-Za-z0-9]{1,15}\x2f$/R";
    http.user_agent;
    content:"Microsoft Windows NT "; fast_pattern; startswith;
    http.content_type; bsize:16;
    content:"application/json";
    http.request_body;
    content:"|7b 22|UUID|22 3a|null|2c 22|ID|22 3a 22|"; startswith;
    pcre:"/^[A-Za-z0-9]{16}/R";
    content:"|22 2c 22|Data|22 3a 22|"; within:30;
    reference:url,medium.com/trac-labs/who-ordered-the-smokedham-backdoor-delicacies-in-the-wild-87f51e2e5bd2;
    classtype:trojan-activity;
    sid:2062332; rev:1;
    metadata:affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, affected_product Windows_11, attack_target Client_and_Server, tls_state TLSDecrypt, created_at 2025_05_14, deployment Perimeter, malware_family SMOKEDHAM, malware_family ThunderShell, performance_impact Low, confidence High, signature_severity Major, updated_at 2025_05_14, mitre_tactic_id TA0037, mitre_tactic_name Command_And_Control, mitre_technique_id T1041, mitre_technique_name Exfiltration_Over_C2_Channel;
    target:src_ip;
)

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