YARA · Google Cloud Threat Intelligence (GCTI)
GCTI_Cobaltstrike_Sleeve_Beaconloader_HA_X86_O_V4_3_V4_4_V4_5_And_V4_6
Cobalt Strike's sleeve/BeaconLoader.HA.x86.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.x86.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_X86_O_V4_3_V4_4_V4_5_And_V4_6
{
meta:
= "Cobalt Strike's sleeve/BeaconLoader.HA.x86.o (HeapAlloc) Versions 4.3 through at least 4.6"
= "gssincla@google.com"
= "0ee3fa6f-367c-596f-a3bc-3bcfa61b97aa"
= "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#L17-L59"
= "https://github.com/chronicle/GCTI/blob/1c5fd42b1895098527fde00c2d9757edf6b303bb/LICENSE"
= "8e4a1862aa3693f0e9011ade23ad3ba036c76ae8ccfb6585dc19ceb101507dcd"
= "d02257bc556d0b1675997ab6af1b28cf5f498855d6254e3c1cd7eb4a0c4d2715"
= 75
= 85
= ""
strings:
$core_sig = {
C6 45 F0 48
C6 45 F1 65
C6 45 F2 61
C6 45 F3 70
C6 45 F4 41
C6 45 F5 6C
C6 45 F6 6C
C6 45 F7 6F
C6 45 F8 63
C6 45 F9 00
}
condition:
all of them
}
Strings (1 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $core_sig | hex | { C6 45 F0 48 C6 45 F1 65 C6 45 F2 61 C6 45 F3 70 C6 45 F4 41 C6 45 F5 6C C6 45 F6 6C C6 45 F7 6F C6 45 F8 … |
Condition
all of themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- All patterns in the rule must match.
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Sample hashes
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- 8e4a1862aa3693f0e9011ade23ad3ba036c76ae8ccfb6585dc19ceb101507dcd
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: 0ee3fa6f-367c-596f-a3bc-3bcfa61b97aa
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