Malicious Self-Signed TLS Certificate With Exploit Subject via Zeek X509

ATT&CK techniques

C2

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What it detects

This rule detects TLS certificates whose subject or issuer contains the literal exploit organizational value used by the self-signed certificate in the UAT-7810 ORB-network campaign reported by Cisco Talos. The DOGLEASH and LONGLEASH implants wrap their reverse-shell and proxy traffic in this hardcoded certificate. Matching the certificate subject reveals encrypted command-and-control channels regardless of the rotating C2 IP addresses.

Reporting behind it

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Malicious Self-Signed TLS Certificate With Exploit Subject via Zeek X509

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