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SID: 2012768 • Source: et/open

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Rev: 7May 3, 2011, 12:00 PM

ET HUNTING Suspicious IAT ZwProtectVirtualMemory - Undocumented API Which Can be Used for Rootkit Functionality

alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"ET HUNTING Suspicious IAT ZwProtectVirtualMemory - Undocumented API Which Can be Used for Rootkit Functionality"; flow:established,to_client; content:"MZ"; isdataat:76,relative; content:"This program cannot be run in DOS mode."; distance:0; content:"ZwProtectVirtualMemory"; distance:0; nocase; reference:url,sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/malicious/rss/_33649; classtype:misc-activity; sid:2012768; rev:7; metadata:created_at 2011_05_03, confidence Medium, signature_severity Unknown, tag Description_Generated_By_Proofpoint_Nexus, updated_at 2019_07_26;)

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