Potential Base64 Encoded User-Agent

calendar Aug 12, 2024 · attack.command-and-control attack.t1071.001  ·
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Detects User Agent strings that end with an equal sign, which can be a sign of base64 encoding.

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 1title: Potential Base64 Encoded User-Agent
 2id: 894a8613-cf12-48b3-8e57-9085f54aa0c3
 3related:
 4    - id: d443095b-a221-4957-a2c4-cd1756c9b747
 5      type: derived
 6status: test
 7description: Detects User Agent strings that end with an equal sign, which can be a sign of base64 encoding.
 8references:
 9    - https://blogs.jpcert.or.jp/en/2022/07/yamabot.html
10    - https://deviceatlas.com/blog/list-of-user-agent-strings#desktop
11author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Brian Ingram (update)
12date: 2022-07-08
13modified: 2023-05-04
14tags:
15    - attack.command-and-control
16    - attack.t1071.001
17logsource:
18    category: proxy
19detection:
20    selection:
21        c-useragent|endswith: '='
22    condition: selection
23falsepositives:
24    - Unknown
25level: medium

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