YARA · Google Cloud Threat Intelligence (GCTI)
GCTI_Cobaltstrike_Resources_Beacon_Dll_V3_2
Cobalt Strike's resources/beacon.dll Versions 3.2
- Author
- gssincla@google.com
- Date
- 2022-11-18
- Modified
- 2023-12-04
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 85
What this rule detects
Cobalt Strike's resources/beacon.dll Versions 3.2
Associated malware family: Cobalt Strike.
It defines 3 patterns (0 text, 3 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule GCTI_Cobaltstrike_Resources_Beacon_Dll_V3_2
{
meta:
= "Cobalt Strike's resources/beacon.dll Versions 3.2"
= "gssincla@google.com"
= "3ccbc0f2-241c-5c10-8930-4a3d264d3b57"
= "2022-11-18"
= "2023-12-04"
= "https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/making-cobalt-strike-harder-for-threat-actors-to-abuse"
= "https://github.com/chronicle/GCTI/blob/1c5fd42b1895098527fde00c2d9757edf6b303bb/YARA/CobaltStrike/CobaltStrike__Resources_Beacon_Dll_All_Versions_MemEnabled.yara#L463-L528"
= "https://github.com/chronicle/GCTI/blob/1c5fd42b1895098527fde00c2d9757edf6b303bb/LICENSE"
= "b490eeb95d150530b8e155da5d7ef778543836a03cb5c27767f1ae4265449a8d"
= "e1fe0d58d86ad8c845d65608314007ce08e3e524fb92cdb33ddae860c640e3e9"
= 75
= 85
= ""
= "a93647c373f16d61c38ba6382901f468247f12ba8cbe56663abb2a11ff2a5144"
strings:
$version_sig = { 48 57 8B F2 83 F8 3D 0F 87 83 02 00 00 FF 24 }
$decoder = { 80 B0 [4] ?? 40 3D 10 06 00 00 72 F1 }
$version3_1_sig = { 55 8B EC 83 EC 58 A1 [4] 33 C5 89 45 FC E8 DF F5 FF FF 6A 50 8D 45 A8 50 FF 15 [4] 8D 45 ?? 50 FF 15 [4] 85 C0 74 14 8B 40 0C 83 38 00 74 0C 8B 00 FF 30 FF 15 [4] EB 05 B8 [4] 8B 4D FC 33 CD E8 82 B7 00 00 C9 }
condition:
$version_sig and $decoder and not $version3_1_sig
}
Strings (3 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $version_sig | hex | { 48 57 8B F2 83 F8 3D 0F 87 83 02 00 00 FF 24 } | |
| $decoder | hex | { 80 B0 [4] ?? 40 3D 10 06 00 00 72 F1 } | |
| $version3_1_sig | hex | { 55 8B EC 83 EC 58 A1 [4] 33 C5 89 45 FC E8 DF F5 FF FF 6A 50 8D 45 A8 50 FF 15 [4] 8D 45 ?? 50 FF 15 [4] 85 C0 74 14 8B 40 0C 83 38 00 74 0C 8B 00 FF 30 FF 15 … |
Condition
$version_sig and $decoder and not $version3_1_sigIn plain words (Heuristic)
- Pattern $version3_1_sig must NOT be present.
- Pattern $version_sig must be present.
- Pattern $decoder must be present.
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Sample hashes
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- b490eeb95d150530b8e155da5d7ef778543836a03cb5c27767f1ae4265449a8d
Licence & attribution
Author: gssincla@google.com
Source repository: Google Cloud Threat Intelligence (GCTI) @ 1c5fd42b18
Licence: Apache License 2.0 (repository licence)
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: 3ccbc0f2-241c-5c10-8930-4a3d264d3b57
Metadata
| rs2 | a93647c373f16d61c38ba6382901f468247f12ba8cbe56663abb2a11ff2a5144 |
|---|
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