YARA · Google Cloud Threat Intelligence (GCTI)
GCTI_Cobaltstrike_Sleeve_Beacon_X64_V4_3
Cobalt Strike's sleeve/beacon.x64.dll Version 4.3
- 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 Version 4.3
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_X64_V4_3
{
meta:
= "Cobalt Strike's sleeve/beacon.x64.dll Version 4.3"
= "gssincla@google.com"
= "572616c7-d1ec-5aa1-b142-4f2edf73737f"
= "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#L1555-L1590"
= "https://github.com/chronicle/GCTI/blob/1c5fd42b1895098527fde00c2d9757edf6b303bb/LICENSE"
= "3ac9c3525caa29981775bddec43d686c0e855271f23731c376ba48761c27fa3d"
= "0c8934e997583339145749a3167ac010d8c77b2ed878d2c999de68ec2a98101d"
= 75
= 85
= ""
strings:
$version_sig = { 8B D0 49 8B CA 48 83 C4 28 E9 D3 88 FF FF
4C 8D 05 84 6E FF FF 8B D0 49 8B CA 48 83 C4 28 }
$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 D0 49 8B CA 48 83 C4 28 E9 D3 88 FF FF 4C 8D 05 84 6E FF FF 8B D0 49 8B CA 48 83 C4 28 } | |
| $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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- 3ac9c3525caa29981775bddec43d686c0e855271f23731c376ba48761c27fa3d
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: 572616c7-d1ec-5aa1-b142-4f2edf73737f
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