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alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"ET MALWARE Inbound PowerShell Saving Base64 Decoded Payload to Temp M1 2018-11-29"; flow:established,from_server; http.stat_code; content:"200"; file.data; content:"|3a 3a|FromBase64String|28|"; nocase; content:"Set-Content"; distance:0; nocase; content:"C|3a 5c|Windows|5c|Temp"; distance:0; nocase; fast_pattern; content:"-Encoding"; distance:0; nocase; content:"|0a 0a 0a|"; pcre:"/^(?P<js>\$[a-z0-9]{1,15})\s*=\s*\[System\.Text\.Encoding\]::ASCII\.GetString\(\[System\.Convert\]::FromBase64String\((?P=js)\)\)\s*Set-Content\s*(?:-Path\s*C:\\Windows\\Temp\\[a-z0-9]{1,15}\.[a-z0-9]{2,4}\s*|-Value\s*(?P=js)\s*|-Encoding\s*ASCII){3}/Ri"; reference:url,www.clearskysec.com/muddywater-operations-in-lebanon-and-oman/; classtype:trojan-activity; sid:2026675; rev:3; metadata:affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2018_11_29, deployment Perimeter, performance_impact Low, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag PowerShell, tag Obfuscated, updated_at 2020_08_27;)