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Glasses code features

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Retrieved: 2026-06-15T23:00:00Z · Confidence: medium

Hunt Hypothesis

The rule detects potential adversary behavior involving the use of obfuscated or encoded code features that may be used to evade detection or execute malicious payloads. SOC teams should proactively hunt for this behavior in Azure Sentinel to identify and mitigate early-stage threats that leverage code obfuscation techniques.

YARA Rule

rule GlassesCode : Glasses Family 
{
    meta:
        description = "Glasses code features"
        author = "Seth Hardy"
        last_modified = "2021-11-18"
        reference_file = "aaf262fde1738dbf0bb50213a9624cd6705ebcaeb06c5fcaf7e9f33695d3fc33"
        reference_url = "https://citizenlab.ca/2013/02/apt1s-glasses-watching-a-human-rights-organization/"

        
    strings:
        $ = { B8 AB AA AA AA F7 E1 D1 EA 8D 04 52 2B C8 }
        $ = { B8 56 55 55 55 F7 E9 8B 4C 24 1C 8B C2 C1 E8 1F 03 D0 49 3B CA }
        
    condition:
        any of them
}

Deployment Notes

This YARA rule can be deployed in the following contexts:

False Positive Guidance

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