YARA · Google Cloud Threat Intelligence (GCTI)
GCTI_Cobaltstrike_Resources_Beacon_X64_V3_5_Hf1_And_V3_5_1
Cobalt Strike's sleeve/beacon.x64.dll Versions 3.5-hf1 and 3.5.1
- 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 3.5-hf1 and 3.5.1
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_5_Hf1_And_V3_5_1
{
meta:
= "Cobalt Strike's sleeve/beacon.x64.dll Versions 3.5-hf1 and 3.5.1"
= "gssincla@google.com"
= "0c0e87d3-e0e2-5ddc-9d89-5e56443da4b8"
= "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#L1150-L1189"
= "https://github.com/chronicle/GCTI/blob/1c5fd42b1895098527fde00c2d9757edf6b303bb/LICENSE"
= "934134ab0ee65ec76ae98a9bb9ad0e9571d80f4bf1eb3491d58bacf06d42dc8d"
= "5cd69554edb91956f4ec4c3c5e55f4cd9c3665656c318220ba3a270c0bb0a690"
= 75
= 85
= ""
strings:
$version_sig = { 8B D3 48 8B CF E8 38 70 00 00 E9 FD FA FF FF
41 B8 01 00 00 00 8B D3 48 8B CF E8 3F 4D 00 00
48 8B 5C 24 30 48 83 C4 20 5F }
$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 | { 8B D3 48 8B CF E8 38 70 00 00 E9 FD FA FF FF 41 B8 01 00 00 00 8B D3 48 8B CF E8 3F 4D 00 00 48 8B 5C 24 30 48 83 … | |
| $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
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- 934134ab0ee65ec76ae98a9bb9ad0e9571d80f4bf1eb3491d58bacf06d42dc8d
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: 0c0e87d3-e0e2-5ddc-9d89-5e56443da4b8
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