Sigma rule: CobaltStrike Malleable Amazon Browsing Traffic Profile

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-0247815c80eb, updated 2024-02-15T00:00:00.000Z.

SigmaHQ marks this rule as deprecated.

Rule

Title
CobaltStrike Malleable Amazon Browsing Traffic Profile
Status
deprecated
Level
high
Author
Markus Neis
Date
2019/11/12
Modified
2024/02/15
File
deprecated/web/proxy_cobalt_amazon.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects Malleable Amazon Profile

Log source

category
proxy

Detection

selection_1:
    c-useragent: 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/7.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko'
    cs-method: 'GET'
    c-uri: '/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1/167-3294888-0262949/field-keywords=books'
    cs-host: 'www.amazon.com'
    cs-cookie|endswith: '=csm-hit=s-24KU11BB82RZSYGJ3BDK|1419899012996'
selection_2:
    c-useragent: 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/7.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko'
    cs-method: 'POST'
    c-uri: '/N4215/adj/amzn.us.sr.aps'
    cs-host: 'www.amazon.com'
condition: 1 of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.defense_evasion
  • attack.command_and_control
  • attack.t1071.001

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/deprecated/web/proxy_cobalt_amazon.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "CobaltStrike Malleable Amazon Browsing Traffic Profile" by Markus Neis (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/deprecated/web/proxy_cobalt_amazon.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: CobaltStrike Malleable Amazon Browsing Traffic Profile",
entity page, dataset version ref-0247815c80eb, updated 2024-02-15T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/953b895e-5cc9-454b-b183-7f3db555452e (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 953b895e-5cc9-454b-b183-7f3db555452e, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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