Suspicious Outlaw Payload Download via wget dota Archive

PremiumReviewedSigma · High · v1
Product
linux
Category
process_creation
Author
HuntRule
Published
2026-05-14
Updated
2026-08-28

ATT&CK techniques

C2
  1. Recon

  2. Resource Dev

  3. Initial Access

  4. Execution

  5. Persistence

  6. Priv Esc

  7. Defense Evasion

  8. Cred Access

  9. Discovery

  10. Lateral Movement

  11. Collection

  12. Exfiltration

  13. Impact

What it detects

This rule detects wget or curl retrieving the Outlaw botnet staging script or the dota.tar.gz archive that unpacks the miner and SSH brute-force components. This download step bootstraps the full infection after initial access on a Linux host. The specific script and archive names are consistent Outlaw distribution artifacts.

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Suspicious Outlaw Payload Download via wget dota Archive
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