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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

Hack toolCobalt StrikeGoogle Cloud Threat Intelligence (GCTI)Apache License 2.0Compiles with YARA-X
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

cobaltstrike-sleeve-beaconloader-ha-x64-o-v4-3-v4-4-v4-5-and-v4-6.yarApache License 2.0
rule GCTI_Cobaltstrike_Sleeve_Beaconloader_HA_X64_O_V4_3_V4_4_V4_5_And_V4_6
{
	meta:
		description = "Cobalt Strike's sleeve/BeaconLoader.HA.x64.o (HeapAlloc) Versions 4.3 through at least 4.6"
		author = "gssincla@google.com"
		id = "9b16ff13-2d8e-51dc-9f99-6c45eff76feb"
		date = "2022-11-18"
		modified = "2022-11-19"
		reference = "https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/making-cobalt-strike-harder-for-threat-actors-to-abuse"
		source_url = "https://github.com/chronicle/GCTI/blob/1c5fd42b1895098527fde00c2d9757edf6b303bb/YARA/CobaltStrike/CobaltStrike__Sleeve_BeaconLoader_all.yara#L281-L323"
		license_url = "https://github.com/chronicle/GCTI/blob/1c5fd42b1895098527fde00c2d9757edf6b303bb/LICENSE"
		hash = "d64f10d5a486f0f2215774e8ab56087f32bef19ac666e96c5627c70d345a354d"
		logic_hash = "b712a0c218e473f6c64fdead22b291d7fb0bac8ba614adcf1ba6431e854a5e65"
		score = 75
		quality = 85
		tags = ""

	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)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$core_sighex{ 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 them

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • All patterns in the rule must match.

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References

Sample hashes

Hashes of samples the author lists in the rule's meta (look them up in your threat-intelligence platform).

  • d64f10d5a486f0f2215774e8ab56087f32bef19ac666e96c5627c70d345a354d

Licence & attribution

Author: gssincla@google.com

Source repository: Google Cloud Threat Intelligence (GCTI) @ 1c5fd42b18

Licence: Apache License 2.0 (repository licence)

Original rule

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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