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GCTI_Cobaltstrike_Sleeve_Beaconloader_VA_X86_O_V4_3_V4_4_V4_5_And_V4_6

Cobalt Strike's sleeve/BeaconLoader.VA.x86.o (VirtualAlloc) 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.VA.x86.o (VirtualAlloc) Versions 4.3 through at least 4.6

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

cobaltstrike-sleeve-beaconloader-va-x86-o-v4-3-v4-4-v4-5-and-v4-6.yarApache License 2.0
rule GCTI_Cobaltstrike_Sleeve_Beaconloader_VA_X86_O_V4_3_V4_4_V4_5_And_V4_6
{
	meta:
		description = "Cobalt Strike's sleeve/BeaconLoader.VA.x86.o (VirtualAlloc) Versions 4.3 through at least 4.6"
		author = "gssincla@google.com"
		id = "5f89c4be-f4c5-54d3-b923-d125de53902f"
		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#L114-L194"
		license_url = "https://github.com/chronicle/GCTI/blob/1c5fd42b1895098527fde00c2d9757edf6b303bb/LICENSE"
		hash = "94d1b993a9d5786e0a9b44ea1c0dc27e225c9eb7960154881715c47f9af78cc1"
		logic_hash = "19b2297986bd72204fb117560cddcfb512f5db6c157d9730b5802bf9f968eef4"
		score = 75
		quality = 85
		tags = ""

	strings:
		$core_sig = {
      C6 45 B0 56
      C6 45 B1 69
      C6 45 B2 72
      C6 45 B3 74
      C6 45 B4 75
      C6 45 B5 61
      C6 45 B6 6C
      C6 45 B7 41
      C6 45 B8 6C
      C6 45 B9 6C
      C6 45 BA 6F
      C6 45 BB 63
      C6 45 BC 00
    }
		$deobfuscator = {
      8B 4D FC
      83 C1 01
      89 4D FC
      8B 55 FC
      3B 55 0C
      73 19
      0F B6 45 10
      8B 4D 08
      03 4D FC
      0F BE 11
      33 D0
      8B 45 08
      03 45 FC
      88 10
      EB D6
    }

	condition:
		all of them
}

Strings (2 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$core_sighex{ C6 45 B0 56 C6 45 B1 69 C6 45 B2 72 C6 45 B3 74 C6 45 B4 75 C6 45 B5 61 C6 45 B6 6C C6 45 B7 41 C6 45 B8 …
$deobfuscatorhex{ 8B 4D FC 83 C1 01 89 4D FC 8B 55 FC 3B 55 0C 73 19 0F B6 45 10 8B 4D 08 03 4D FC 0F BE 11 33 …

Condition

all of them

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • All patterns in the rule must match.

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  • 94d1b993a9d5786e0a9b44ea1c0dc27e225c9eb7960154881715c47f9af78cc1

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: 5f89c4be-f4c5-54d3-b923-d125de53902f

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