""ET TROJAN Octopus Malware CnC Server Connectivity Check""

SID: 2026543

Revision: 2

Class Type: trojan-activity

Metadata: affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2018_10_24, deployment Perimeter, signature_severity Major, tag Octopus, updated_at 2018_10_24

Reference:

Protocol: tcp

Source Network: $HOME_NET

Source Port: any

Destination Network: $EXTERNAL_NET

Destination Port: $HTTP_PORTS

Flow: established,to_server

Contents:

  • Value: "GET"

  • Value: ".php?check="

  • Value: "Accept|3a 20|text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml|3b|q=0.9,/|3b|q=0.8|0d 0a|"

Within:

PCRE: "/^Host\x3a\x20[^\r\n]+\r\nAccept\x3a\x20[^\r\n]+\r\nAccept-Encoding\x3a\x20[^\r\n]+\r\nUser-Agent\x3a\x20[^\r\n]+\r\n$/Hmi"

Special Options:

  • http_method

  • http_uri

  • fast_pattern

  • http_header

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