Sigma rule: Raw Paste Service Access

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-716bb1d4f360, updated 2023-01-19T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Raw Paste Service Access
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date
2019-12-05
Modified
2023-01-19
File
rules/web/proxy_generic/proxy_raw_paste_service_access.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects direct access to raw pastes in different paste services often used by malware in their second stages to download malicious code in encrypted or encoded form

Log source

category
proxy

Detection

selection:
    c-uri|contains:
        - '.paste.ee/r/'
        - '.pastebin.com/raw/'
        - '.hastebin.com/raw/'
        - '.ghostbin.co/paste/*/raw/'
        - 'pastetext.net/'
        - 'pastebin.pl/'
        - 'paste.ee/'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • User activity (e.g. developer that shared and copied code snippets and used the raw link instead of just copy & paste)

Tags

  • attack.command-and-control
  • attack.t1071.001
  • attack.t1102.001
  • attack.t1102.003

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

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/web/proxy_generic/proxy_raw_paste_service_access.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Raw Paste Service Access" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/web/proxy_generic/proxy_raw_paste_service_access.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: Raw Paste Service Access",
entity page, dataset version ref-716bb1d4f360, updated 2023-01-19T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/5468045b-4fcc-4d1a-973c-c9c9578edacb (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 5468045b-4fcc-4d1a-973c-c9c9578edacb, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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