YARA · Google Cloud Threat Intelligence (GCTI)
GCTI_Cobaltstrike_Sleeve_Beacon_Dll_V4_7_Suspected
Cobalt Strike's sleeve/beacon.dll Versions 4.7 (suspected, not confirmed)
- 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.dll Versions 4.7 (suspected, not confirmed)
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_Sleeve_Beacon_Dll_V4_7_Suspected
{
meta:
= "Cobalt Strike's sleeve/beacon.dll Versions 4.7 (suspected, not confirmed)"
= "gssincla@google.com"
= "4b6f90dd-69f3-5555-9195-6a0aed0fff58"
= "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#L969-L1002"
= "https://github.com/chronicle/GCTI/blob/1c5fd42b1895098527fde00c2d9757edf6b303bb/LICENSE"
= "da9e91b3d8df3d53425dd298778782be3bdcda40037bd5c92928395153160549"
= "297ff7c3acfe6f9676dc6c265c548f017f39ccc5217617344e3bccc704ac4c78"
= 75
= 85
= ""
strings:
$version_sig = { 53 56 48 57 8B F2 83 F8 67 0F 87 5E 03 00 00 }
$decoder = { 80 B0 [4] ?? 40 3D 00 10 00 00 7C F1 }
condition:
all of them
}
Strings (2 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $version_sig | hex | { 53 56 48 57 8B F2 83 F8 67 0F 87 5E 03 00 00 } | |
| $decoder | hex | { 80 B0 [4] ?? 40 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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- da9e91b3d8df3d53425dd298778782be3bdcda40037bd5c92928395153160549
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: 4b6f90dd-69f3-5555-9195-6a0aed0fff58
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