SigmaHQ/rules/proxy/proxy_telegram_api.yml

30 lines
1014 B
YAML
Raw Normal View History

2018-06-05 14:25:43 +00:00
title: Telegram API Access
status: experimental
description: Detects suspicious requests to Telegram API without the usual Telegram User-Agent
references:
- https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/03/unit42-telerat-another-android-trojan-leveraging-telegrams-bot-api-to-target-iranian-users/
- https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2016/11/telecrypt-the-ransomware-abusing-telegram-api-defeated/
- https://www.welivesecurity.com/2016/12/13/rise-telebots-analyzing-disruptive-killdisk-attacks/
author: Florian Roth
date: 2018/06/05
logsource:
category: proxy
detection:
selection:
r-dns:
- 'api.telegram.org' # Often used by Bots
filter:
UserAgent:
# Used https://core.telegram.org/bots/samples for this list
- '*Telegram*'
- '*Bot*'
condition: selection and not filter
fields:
- ClientIP
- URL
- UserAgent
falsepositives:
- Legitimate use of Telegram bots in the company
level: medium