ET MALWARE BlackSanta Payload Inbound

Query · suricata

flow:established,to_client;
flowbits:isset,ET.BlackSantaPayload;
http.response_body;
content:"|3c|pre|20|id|3d 22|pre|22 3e|TVqQAAM"; fast_pattern;
target:dest_ip;

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Raw source ET MALWARE BlackSanta Payload Inbound · 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 $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (
    msg:"ET MALWARE BlackSanta Payload Inbound";
    flow:established,to_client;
    flowbits:isset,ET.BlackSantaPayload;
    http.response_body;
    content:"|3c|pre|20|id|3d 22|pre|22 3e|TVqQAAM"; fast_pattern;
    classtype:trojan-activity;
    sid:2067850; rev:1;
    metadata:affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, attack_target Client_Endpoint, tls_state TLSDecrypt, created_at 2026_02_19, deployment Perimeter, deployment SSLDecrypt, malware_family BlackSanta, confidence High, signature_severity Major, updated_at 2026_02_19, mitre_tactic_id TA0011, mitre_tactic_name Command_And_Control, mitre_technique_id T1105, mitre_technique_name Ingress_Tool_Transfer;
    target:dest_ip;
)

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