ET MALWARE HATVIBE C2 Beacon

Query · suricata

flow:established,to_server;
flowbits:set,ET.HATVIBE.Beacon;
http.method;
content:"POST";
http.uri; bsize:11;
content:"/engine.php"; fast_pattern;
http.request_body;
pcre:"/^[a-z]{9}\x3d[^\x26]*?\x26[a-z]{9}\x3d\x7b\x22/";
target:src_ip;

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Raw source ET MALWARE HATVIBE C2 Beacon · Suricata
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Published by Emerging Threats Open ↗, licensed under BSD 3-Clause ↗. Line breaks added for readability; the rule is otherwise unchanged. 
alert http $HOME_NET any -> any any (
    msg:"ET MALWARE HATVIBE C2 Beacon";
    flow:established,to_server;
    flowbits:set,ET.HATVIBE.Beacon;
    http.method;
    content:"POST";
    http.uri; bsize:11;
    content:"/engine.php"; fast_pattern;
    http.request_body;
    pcre:"/^[a-z]{9}\x3d[^\x26]*?\x26[a-z]{9}\x3d\x7b\x22/";
    reference:url,www.recordedfuture.com/research/russia-aligned-tag-110-targets-tajikistan-with-macro-enabled;
    classtype:trojan-activity;
    sid:2062593; rev:1;
    metadata:attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2025_05_27, deployment Perimeter, confidence High, signature_severity Major, updated_at 2025_05_27;
    target:src_ip;
)

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