YARA · Google Cloud Threat Intelligence (GCTI)
GCTI_Cobaltstrike_Resources_Beacon_X64_V3_2
Cobalt Strike's sleeve/beacon.x64.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 sleeve/beacon.x64.dll Versions 3.2
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_2
{
meta:
= "Cobalt Strike's sleeve/beacon.x64.dll Versions 3.2"
= "gssincla@google.com"
= "61188243-0b90-5bff-bcc8-50f10ed941f6"
= "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#L1029-L1068"
= "https://github.com/chronicle/GCTI/blob/1c5fd42b1895098527fde00c2d9757edf6b303bb/LICENSE"
= "5993a027f301f37f3236551e6ded520e96872723a91042bfc54775dcb34c94a1"
= "3803aaac537aec0b188870177e510a3789a71c19be576569b59aa146b2ba62c5"
= 75
= 85
= ""
strings:
$version_sig = { 4C 8D 05 9F F8 FF FF 8B D3 48 8B CF E8 05 1A 00 00
EB 0A 8B D3 48 8B CF E8 41 21 00 00 48 8B 5C 24 30
48 83 C4 20 }
$decoder = { 80 31 ?? FF C2 48 FF C1 48 63 C2 48 3D 10 06 00 00 }
condition:
all of them
}
Strings (2 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $version_sig | hex | { 4C 8D 05 9F F8 FF FF 8B D3 48 8B CF E8 05 1A 00 00 EB 0A 8B D3 48 8B CF E8 41 21 00 00 48 8B 5C 24 30 48 83 C4 20 } | |
| $decoder | hex | { 80 31 ?? FF C2 48 FF C1 48 63 C2 48 3D 10 06 00 00 } |
Condition
all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- All patterns in the rule must match.
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Sample hashes
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- 5993a027f301f37f3236551e6ded520e96872723a91042bfc54775dcb34c94a1
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: 61188243-0b90-5bff-bcc8-50f10ed941f6
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