How to stop MortiAgent Malware using the snort rule ?

[Mohammed_Yasin]

Software Version

9.0.5

Problem Description:  How to stop MortiAgent Malware using snort rule ?

I want to stop the MoriAgent malware by applying /using snort rule & also using yara rule?

How to configure this in Palo alto ?

Below are snort & Yara Rules:

1. The below SNORT rule can be used to detect the MoriAgent Beacon.
alert tcp $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET $HTTP_PORTS (msg:" MoriAgent Beacon
HTTP Request"; content:"/Index.php?i="; depth:200; content:"&t="; within:64;
content:"HTTP/1.1"; within:64; content:"Content-Type: application/json"; within:32;
content:"Content-Length: 0"; within:90; threshold:type limit,track by_src,count
1,seconds 120; sid:1000001; rev:001;)

2. Below are YARA rules to detect POWERSTATS.
YARA rule to detect the substitution table used in PowerShell code.
rule SubstitutionTable_in_PowerShell {
meta:
description = "Detect the substitution table used in PowerShell code (2019-2020)"
hash = "A18016AF1E9ACDA5963112EE8BEEB28B"
strings:
$a1 = "Replace('(','a'"
$a2 = "Replace(')','b'"
$a3 = "Replace('{','c'"
$a4 = "Replace('}','d'"
$a5 = "Replace('[','e'"
$a6 = "Replace(']','f'"
condition:
$a1 and
$a2 in (@a1..@a1+200) and
$a3 in (@a1..@a1+200) and
$a4 in (@a1..@a1+200) and
$a5 in (@a1..@a1+200) and
$a6 in (@a1..@a1+200) and
filesize < 100000
}
YARA rule to detect PowerStats backdoor.
rule POWERSTATS_JscriptLauncher {
meta:
description = "POWERSTATS Jscript Launcher"
hash = "6C97A39A7FFC292BAF8BE1391FCE7DA0"
strings:
$a1 = "$s=(get-content"
$a2 = "Get('Win32_Process').Create(cm"
$a3 = "var cm="
condition:
all of them and filesize < 600
}


YARA rule to detect PowerStats de-obfuscated
rule POWERSTATSLite {
meta:
hash = "A18016AF1E9ACDA5963112EE8BEEB28B"
strings:
$a1 = "$global:key"
$a2 = "$global:time"
$a3 = "webreq = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($url)"
condition:
all of them and filesize < 3000
}

YARA rule to detect MoriAgent implant
rule MoriAgent {
meta:
description = "C++ MuddyWater implant"
hash = "12755B210EC1171045144480ACD05AA8"
strings:
$f1 = "|x7d873iqq" ascii fullword
$f2 = "ljyfiiwnskt" ascii fullword
$f3 = "htssjhy" ascii fullword
$f4 = "kwjjfiiwnskt" ascii fullword
$f5 = "hqtxjxthpjy" ascii fullword
$f6 = "\\XFXyfwyzu" ascii fullword
$f7 = "\\XFHqjfszu" ascii fullword
$f8 = "ZmilXzwkm{{Umuwz" ascii fullword
$f9 = "^qz|}itXzw|mk|" ascii fullword
$f10 = "_zq|mXzwkm{{Umuwz" ascii fullword
$content = "Content-Type: application/json" ascii fullword
condition:
uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and filesize < 2MB and
$content and 5 of ($f*)
}


YARA rule to detect PowerStats Implants
rule POWERSTATS_Implants
{ meta:
description = "Detects all POWERSTATS implants"
hash = "A18016AF1E9ACDA5963112EE8BEEB28B"
hash = "409558610BE62655FBA0B1F93F2D9596" hash =
"DD32B95F865374C31A1377E31FA79E87" strings:
$a1 = "if ($resp -ne $null){"
$a2 = "out = $_.Exception.Message"
$a3 = "IEX $cmd -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
condition:
all of them and filesize < 50000
}

[mivaldi]

Please refer to:

https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/custom-signatures

[Mohammed_Yasin]

Thanks for the update.

It's Palo Alto aware of this Malware?

MortiAgent Malware is added to the Palo Alto signatures database  

What should we do to protect our network?