YARA · Google Cloud Threat Intelligence (GCTI)
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
- 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
rule GCTI_Cobaltstrike_Sleeve_Beaconloader_VA_X86_O_V4_3_V4_4_V4_5_And_V4_6
{
meta:
= "Cobalt Strike's sleeve/BeaconLoader.VA.x86.o (VirtualAlloc) Versions 4.3 through at least 4.6"
= "gssincla@google.com"
= "5f89c4be-f4c5-54d3-b923-d125de53902f"
= "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#L114-L194"
= "https://github.com/chronicle/GCTI/blob/1c5fd42b1895098527fde00c2d9757edf6b303bb/LICENSE"
= "94d1b993a9d5786e0a9b44ea1c0dc27e225c9eb7960154881715c47f9af78cc1"
= "19b2297986bd72204fb117560cddcfb512f5db6c157d9730b5802bf9f968eef4"
= 75
= 85
= ""
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)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $core_sig | hex | { 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 … | |
| $deobfuscator | hex | { 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 themIn plain words (Heuristic)
- All patterns in the rule must match.
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Sample hashes
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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)
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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