ET MALWARE AuraC2 Victim Registration Confirmation

Query · suricata

flow:established,to_client;
flowbits:isset,ET.AuraC2;
http.response_body;
content:"|7b 22|client|5f|id|22 3a|"; startswith;
content:"commands";
content:"heartbeat_interval|22 3a|"; fast_pattern;
target:dest_ip;

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Raw source ET MALWARE AuraC2 Victim Registration Confirmation · 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 AuraC2 Victim Registration Confirmation";
    flow:established,to_client;
    flowbits:isset,ET.AuraC2;
    http.response_body;
    content:"|7b 22|client|5f|id|22 3a|"; startswith;
    content:"commands";
    content:"heartbeat_interval|22 3a|"; fast_pattern;
    reference:md5,db2c331518143b45e12b5fb9581c0978;
    reference:url,x.com/whoamix302/status/2041107798575181983;
    classtype:command-and-control;
    sid:2068611; 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_04_07, deployment Perimeter, deployment SSLDecrypt, malware_family AuraC2, confidence High, signature_severity Critical, tag c2, updated_at 2026_04_07, mitre_tactic_id TA0011, mitre_tactic_name Command_And_Control, mitre_technique_id T1071, mitre_technique_name Application_Layer_Protocol;
    target:dest_ip;
)

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