YARA · Google Cloud Threat Intelligence (GCTI)
GCTI_Cobaltstrike_Resources_Beacon_X64_V3_11
Cobalt Strike's sleeve/beacon.x64.dll Versions 3.11 (two subversions)
- Author
- gssincla@google.com
- Date
- 2022-11-18
- Modified
- 2023-12-04
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 85
What this rule detects
Cobalt Strike's sleeve/beacon.x64.dll Versions 3.11 (two subversions)
Associated malware family: Cobalt Strike.
It defines 2 patterns (0 text, 2 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule GCTI_Cobaltstrike_Resources_Beacon_X64_V3_11
{
meta:
= "Cobalt Strike's sleeve/beacon.x64.dll Versions 3.11 (two subversions)"
= "gssincla@google.com"
= "bf0c7661-2583-5fca-beb5-abb2b50c860d"
= "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#L1312-L1366"
= "https://github.com/chronicle/GCTI/blob/1c5fd42b1895098527fde00c2d9757edf6b303bb/LICENSE"
= "64007e104dddb6b5d5153399d850f1e1f1720d222bed19a26d0b1c500a675b1a"
= "9c34b23b659463a0ab92949031a9b3246aa95256d1548b2f0ad53fe3d379997d"
= 75
= 85
= ""
= "815f313e0835e7fdf4a6d93f2774cf642012fd21ce870c48ff489555012e0047"
strings:
$version_sig = { 48 83 EC 20 41 8B D8 48 8B FA 83 F9 2D 0F 87 B2 03 00 00
0F 84 90 03 00 00 83 F9 17 0F 87 F8 01 00 00
0F 84 DC 01 00 00 83 F9 0E 0F 87 F9 00 00 00
0F 84 DD 00 00 00 FF C9 0F 84 C0 00 00 00 83 E9 02
0F 84 A6 00 00 00 FF C9 }
$decoder = {
80 34 28 ??
48 FF C0
48 3D 00 10 00 00
7C F1
}
condition:
all of them
}
Strings (2 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $version_sig | hex | { 48 83 EC 20 41 8B D8 48 8B FA 83 F9 2D 0F 87 B2 03 00 00 0F 84 90 03 00 00 83 F9 17 0F 87 F8 01 00 00 0F 84 DC 01 00 … | |
| $decoder | hex | { 80 34 28 ?? 48 FF C0 48 3D 00 10 00 00 7C F1 } |
Condition
all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- All patterns in the rule must match.
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Sample hashes
Hashes of samples the author lists in the rule's meta (look them up in your threat-intelligence platform).
- 64007e104dddb6b5d5153399d850f1e1f1720d222bed19a26d0b1c500a675b1a
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: bf0c7661-2583-5fca-beb5-abb2b50c860d
Metadata
| rs2 | 815f313e0835e7fdf4a6d93f2774cf642012fd21ce870c48ff489555012e0047 |
|---|
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