YARA · Signature Base (Florian Roth / Nextron)
SIGNATURE_BASE_Sliver_Implant_64Bit_1
Sliver 64-bit implant (with and without --debug flag at compile)
- Author
- gssincla@google.com
- Date
- 2022-11-18
- Modified
- 2025-03-21
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 85
What this rule detects
Sliver 64-bit implant (with and without --debug flag at compile)
Targets: Windows PE.
It defines 8 patterns (2 text, 6 hex, 0 regex). YARA modules used: pe.
YARA-X says: warning[deprecated_field]: field `number_of_signatures` is deprecated
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
Includes the imports needed to compile it on its own.
import "pe"
rule SIGNATURE_BASE_Sliver_Implant_64Bit_1
{
meta:
= "Sliver 64-bit implant (with and without --debug flag at compile)"
= "gssincla@google.com"
= "b84db933-0e11-5871-821d-43697c015665"
= "2022-11-18"
= "2025-03-21"
= "https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/making-cobalt-strike-harder-for-threat-actors-to-abuse"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/yara/gen_gcti_sliver.yar#L112-L183"
= "https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/94a1c48d7ab499879287ff611dfe7f9c56376030/LICENSE"
= "2d1c9de42942a16c88a042f307f0ace215cdc67241432e1152080870fe95ea87"
= "ccfd944a5bc6521c89d44572910e2998e2404d472a593f9d97224d606d247bcd"
= 75
= 85
= ""
strings:
$s_tcppivot = { 48 ?? 74 63 70 70 69 76 6F 74 }
$s_namedpipe = { 48 ?? 6E 61 6D 65 64 70 69 70 [2-32] 80 ?? 08 65 }
$s_https = { 81 ?? 68 74 74 70 [2-32] 80 ?? 04 73 }
$s_wg = {66 81 ?? 77 67}
$s_dns = { 66 81 ?? 64 6E [2-20] 80 ?? 02 73 }
$s_mtls = { 81 ?? 6D 74 6C 73 }
$fp1 = "cloudfoundry" ascii fullword
$fp2 = "googleapi.Error" ascii
condition:
5 of ( $s* ) and not 1 of ( $fp* ) and not pe.number_of_signatures > 0
}
Strings (8 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $s_tcppivot | hex | { 48 ?? 74 63 70 70 69 76 6F 74 } | |
| $s_namedpipe | hex | { 48 ?? 6E 61 6D 65 64 70 69 70 [2-32] 80 ?? 08 65 } | |
| $s_https | hex | { 81 ?? 68 74 74 70 [2-32] 80 ?? 04 73 } | |
| $s_wg | hex | {66 81 ?? 77 67} | |
| $s_dns | hex | { 66 81 ?? 64 6E [2-20] 80 ?? 02 73 } | |
| $s_mtls | hex | { 81 ?? 6D 74 6C 73 } | |
| $fp1 | text | "cloudfoundry" | ascii fullword |
| $fp2 | text | "googleapi.Error" | ascii |
Condition
5 of ( $s* ) and not 1 of ( $fp* ) and not pe.number_of_signatures > 0In plain words (Heuristic)
- At least 5 patterns in ( $s* ) must match.
- At least 1 patterns in ( $fp* ) must match.
- Uses the pe module.
- Checks the Authenticode signature.
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Sample hashes
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- 2d1c9de42942a16c88a042f307f0ace215cdc67241432e1152080870fe95ea87
Licence & attribution
Author: gssincla@google.com
Source repository: Signature Base (Florian Roth / Nextron) @ 94a1c48d7a
Licence: Detection Rule License 1.1 (repository licence)
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: b84db933-0e11-5871-821d-43697c015665
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