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Detects strings from arping module - Project Sauron report by Kaspersky

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communityproject_sauron
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Retrieved: 2026-06-03T23:00:00Z · Confidence: medium

Hunt Hypothesis

The detection of arping module strings may indicate the presence of malicious network reconnaissance activity associated with the Project Sauron report. SOC teams should proactively hunt for this behavior in Azure Sentinel to identify potential adversarial network mapping and early-stage compromise attempts.

YARA Rule

rule APT_Project_Sauron_arping_module 
{

    meta:
        description = "Detects strings from arping module - Project Sauron report by Kaspersky"
        author = "Florian Roth"
        reference = "https://goo.gl/eFoP4A"
        date = "2016-08-08"

    strings:
        $s1 = "Resolve hosts that answer"
        $s2 = "Print only replying Ips"
        $s3 = "Do not display MAC addresses"

    condition:
        all of them
}

Deployment Notes

This YARA rule can be deployed in the following contexts:

This rule contains 3 string patterns in its detection logic.

References

False Positive Guidance

Original source: https://github.com/Yara-Rules/rules/blob/main/malware/APT_Sauron_extras.yar