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Mongal code features

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Retrieved: 2026-05-29T11:00:00Z · Confidence: medium

Hunt Hypothesis

The Mongal code features rule detects potential obfuscation or encoding techniques used by adversaries to hide malicious payloads within legitimate code structures. SOC teams should proactively hunt for this behavior in Azure Sentinel to identify and mitigate early-stage threats that may evade traditional detection methods.

YARA Rule

rule MongalCode
{
    meta:
        description = "Mongal code features"
        author = "Seth Hardy"
        last_modified = "2014-07-15"
    
    strings:
        // gettickcount value checking
        $ = { 8B C8 B8 D3 4D 62 10 F7 E1 C1 EA 06 2B D6 83 FA 05 76 EB }
        
    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/APT_Mongall.yar