APT_APT29_NOBELIUM_BoomBox_PDF_Masq_May21_1


Description

Detects PDF documents as used by BoomBox as described in APT29 NOBELIUM report

Query · yara

strings:
      $ah1 = { 25 50 44 46 2d 31 2e 33 0a 25 } /* PDF Header */
      $af1 = { 0a 25 25 45 4f 46 0a } /* EOF */

      $fp1 = "endobj" ascii
      $fp2 = "endstream" ascii
      $fp3 = { 20 6F 62 6A 0A } /*  obj\x0a */
   condition:
      $ah1 at 0 and $af1 at (filesize-7) and filesize < 100KB
      and not 1 of ($fp*)
      and math.entropy(16,filesize) > 7
Raw source APT_APT29_NOBELIUM_BoomBox_PDF_Masq_May21_1 · YARA
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rule APT_APT29_NOBELIUM_BoomBox_PDF_Masq_May21_1 {
   meta:
      description = "Detects PDF documents as used by BoomBox as described in APT29 NOBELIUM report"
      author = "Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)"
      reference = "https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/05/27/new-sophisticated-email-based-attack-from-nobelium/"
      date = "2021-05-27"
      score = 70
      id = "bdfb9600-edda-5c8c-ab23-14fb71c8e647"
   strings:
      $ah1 = { 25 50 44 46 2d 31 2e 33 0a 25 } /* PDF Header */
      $af1 = { 0a 25 25 45 4f 46 0a } /* EOF */

      $fp1 = "endobj" ascii
      $fp2 = "endstream" ascii
      $fp3 = { 20 6F 62 6A 0A } /*  obj\x0a */
   condition:
      $ah1 at 0 and $af1 at (filesize-7) and filesize < 100KB
      and not 1 of ($fp*)
      and math.entropy(16,filesize) > 7
}

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