YARA · Google Cloud Threat Intelligence (GCTI)
GCTI_Cobaltstrike_Sleeve_Beacon_X64_V4_5_Variant
Cobalt Strike's sleeve/beacon.x64.dll Versions 4.5 (variant)
- 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 4.5 (variant)
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_5_Variant
{
meta:
= "Cobalt Strike's sleeve/beacon.x64.dll Versions 4.5 (variant)"
= "gssincla@google.com"
= "45715da9-8f16-5304-b216-1ca36c508c77"
= "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#L1630-L1665"
= "https://github.com/chronicle/GCTI/blob/1c5fd42b1895098527fde00c2d9757edf6b303bb/LICENSE"
= "8f0da7a45945b630cd0dfb5661036e365dcdccd085bc6cff2abeec6f4c9f1035"
= "31a108168489a24d1bc297d722741f3fd19abd1bed4c76d54967c73986d18123"
= 75
= 85
= ""
strings:
$version_sig = { 41 B8 01 00 00 00 8B D0 49 8B CA 48 83 C4 28 E9 E8 AB FF FF
8B D0 49 8B CA E8 1A EB FF FF 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 | { 41 B8 01 00 00 00 8B D0 49 8B CA 48 83 C4 28 E9 E8 AB FF FF 8B D0 49 8B CA E8 1A EB FF FF 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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- 8f0da7a45945b630cd0dfb5661036e365dcdccd085bc6cff2abeec6f4c9f1035
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: 45715da9-8f16-5304-b216-1ca36c508c77
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