YARA · Google Cloud Threat Intelligence (GCTI)
GCTI_Cobaltstrike_Sleeve_Beaconloader_HA_X64_O_V4_3_V4_4_V4_5_And_V4_6
Cobalt Strike's sleeve/BeaconLoader.HA.x64.o (HeapAlloc) Versions 4.3 through at least 4.6
- Author
- gssincla@google.com
- Date
- 2022-11-18
- Modified
- 2022-11-19
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 85
What this rule detects
Cobalt Strike's sleeve/BeaconLoader.HA.x64.o (HeapAlloc) Versions 4.3 through at least 4.6
Associated malware family: Cobalt Strike.
It defines 1 patterns (0 text, 1 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule GCTI_Cobaltstrike_Sleeve_Beaconloader_HA_X64_O_V4_3_V4_4_V4_5_And_V4_6
{
meta:
= "Cobalt Strike's sleeve/BeaconLoader.HA.x64.o (HeapAlloc) Versions 4.3 through at least 4.6"
= "gssincla@google.com"
= "9b16ff13-2d8e-51dc-9f99-6c45eff76feb"
= "2022-11-18"
= "2022-11-19"
= "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__Sleeve_BeaconLoader_all.yara#L281-L323"
= "https://github.com/chronicle/GCTI/blob/1c5fd42b1895098527fde00c2d9757edf6b303bb/LICENSE"
= "d64f10d5a486f0f2215774e8ab56087f32bef19ac666e96c5627c70d345a354d"
= "b712a0c218e473f6c64fdead22b291d7fb0bac8ba614adcf1ba6431e854a5e65"
= 75
= 85
= ""
strings:
$core_sig = {
C6 44 24 38 48
C6 44 24 39 65
C6 44 24 3A 61
C6 44 24 3B 70
C6 44 24 3C 41
C6 44 24 3D 6C
C6 44 24 3E 6C
C6 44 24 3F 6F
C6 44 24 40 63
C6 44 24 41 00
}
condition:
all of them
}
Strings (1 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $core_sig | hex | { C6 44 24 38 48 C6 44 24 39 65 C6 44 24 3A 61 C6 44 24 3B 70 C6 44 24 3C 41 C6 44 24 3D 6C C6 44 24 3E 6C C6 44 … |
Condition
all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- All patterns in the rule must match.
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Sample hashes
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- d64f10d5a486f0f2215774e8ab56087f32bef19ac666e96c5627c70d345a354d
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: 9b16ff13-2d8e-51dc-9f99-6c45eff76feb
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