alert http $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (
msg:"ET MALWARE TA829 CnC Check-in - VIVAT Variant";
flow:established,to_server;
http.method;
content:"POST";
http.request_body;
content:"|ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00|"; startswith; fast_pattern;
pcre:"/^(?:[A-Fa-f0-9]{2}\-){5}[A-Fa-f0-9]{2}\x40/R";
content:"|40|exist";
content:"|40|VIVAT|40|";
classtype:command-and-control;
sid:2063200; rev:1;
metadata:attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2025_05_30, deployment Perimeter, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag TA829, updated_at 2025_06_27, former_sid 2862009;
target:dest_ip;
)