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EQGRP Toolset Firewall - file sploit.py

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Retrieved: 2026-05-22T23:00:00Z · Confidence: medium

Hunt Hypothesis

The detection identifies potential exploitation of the sploit.py file associated with the EQGRP Toolset Firewall, which may indicate unauthorized access or lateral movement. SOC teams should proactively hunt for this behavior to uncover covert malware activity or reconnaissance efforts that could lead to deeper network compromise.

YARA Rule

rule EQGRP_sploit_py 
{

    meta:
        description = "EQGRP Toolset Firewall - file sploit.py"
        author = "Florian Roth"
        reference = "Research"
        date = "2016-08-16"
        hash1 = "0316d70a5bbf068a7fc791e08e816015d04ec98f088a7ff42af8b9e769b8d1f6"

    strings:
        $x1 = "the --spoof option requires 3 or 4 fields as follows redir_ip" ascii
        $x2 = "[-] timeout waiting for response - target may have crashed" fullword ascii
        $x3 = "[-] no response from health check - target may have crashed" fullword ascii
    
    condition:
        1 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_EQUATIONGRP.yar