CobaltStrike_Resources_Dnsstager_Bin_v1_47_through_v4_x

rule CobaltStrike_Resources_Dnsstager_Bin_v1_47_through_v4_x
{
	meta:
		description = "Cobalt Strike's resources/dnsstager.bin signature for versions 1.47 to 4.x"
		hash =  "10f946b88486b690305b87c14c244d7bc741015c3fef1c4625fa7f64917897f1"
		author = "gssincla@google.com"
		reference = "https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/making-cobalt-strike-harder-for-threat-actors-to-abuse"
		date = "2022-11-18"
		
		id = "e1b0e368-9bcf-5d9b-b2b3-8414742f213e"
	strings:
	/*
		31 ??     xor     eax, eax
		AC        lodsb
		C1 ?? 0D  ror     edi, 0Dh
		01 ??     add     edi, eax
		38 ??     cmp     al, ah
		75 ??     jnz     short loc_10000054
		03 [2]    add     edi, [ebp-8]
		3B [2]    cmp     edi, [ebp+24h]
		75 ??     jnz     short loc_1000004A
		5?        pop     eax
		8B ?? 24  mov     ebx, [eax+24h]
		01 ??     add     ebx, edx
		66 8B [2] mov     cx, [ebx+ecx*2]
		8B ?? 1C  mov     ebx, [eax+1Ch]
		01 ??     add     ebx, edx
		8B ?? 8B  mov     eax, [ebx+ecx*4]
		01 ??     add     eax, edx
		89 [3]    mov     [esp+28h+var_4], eax
		5?        pop     ebx
		5?        pop     ebx
	*/

	$apiLocator = {
			31 ?? 
			AC
			C1 ?? 0D 
			01 ?? 
			38 ?? 
			75 ?? 
			03 [2]
			3B [2]
			75 ?? 
			5? 
			8B ?? 24 
			01 ?? 
			66 8B [2]
			8B ?? 1C 
			01 ?? 
			8B ?? 8B 
			01 ?? 
			89 [3]
			5? 
			5? 
		}

    // the signature for the stagers overlap significantly. Looking for dnsstager.bin specific bytes helps delineate sample types
	  $dnsapi = { 68 64 6E 73 61 }	
	
	condition:
		$apiLocator and $dnsapi
}