Sigma rule: Potentially Suspicious Malware Callback Communication

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-0242b00a88e5, updated 2024-03-12T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Potentially Suspicious Malware Callback Communication
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date
2017-03-19
Modified
2024-03-12
File
rules/windows/network_connection/net_connection_win_susp_malware_callback_port.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects programs that connect to known malware callback ports based on statistical analysis from two different sandbox system databases

Log source

product
windows
category
network_connection

Detection

selection:
    Initiated: 'true'
    DestinationPort:
        - 100
        - 198
        - 200
        - 243
        - 473
        - 666
        - 700
        - 743
        - 777
        - 1443
        - 1515
        - 1777
        - 1817
        - 1904
        - 1960
        - 2443
        - 2448
        - 3360
        - 3675
        - 3939
        - 4040
        - 4433
        - 4438
        - 4443
        - 4444
        - 4455
        - 5445
        - 5552
        - 5649
        - 6625
        - 7210
        - 7777
        - 8143
        - 8843
        - 9631
        - 9943
        - 10101
        - 12102
        - 12103
        - 12322
        - 13145
        - 13394
        - 13504
        - 13505
        - 13506
        - 13507
        - 14102
        - 14103
        - 14154
        - 49180
        - 65520
        - 65535
filter_main_local_ranges:
    DestinationIp|cidr:
        - '127.0.0.0/8'
        - '10.0.0.0/8'
        - '172.16.0.0/12'
        - '192.168.0.0/16'
        - '169.254.0.0/16'
        - '::1/128'  # IPv6 loopback
        - 'fe80::/10'  # IPv6 link-local addresses
        - 'fc00::/7'  # IPv6 private addresses
filter_optional_sys_directories:
    Image|startswith:
        - 'C:\Program Files\'
        - 'C:\Program Files (x86)\'
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_* and not 1 of filter_optional_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.persistence
  • attack.command-and-control
  • attack.t1571

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

Related rules

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/network_connection/net_connection_win_susp_malware_callback_port.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Potentially Suspicious Malware Callback Communication" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/network_connection/net_connection_win_susp_malware_callback_port.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Potentially Suspicious Malware Callback Communication",
entity page, dataset version ref-0242b00a88e5, updated 2024-03-12T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/4b89abaa-99fe-4232-afdd-8f9aa4d20382 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 4b89abaa-99fe-4232-afdd-8f9aa4d20382, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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