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Dipsind variant

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Retrieved: 2026-06-02T11:00:00Z · Confidence: medium

Hunt Hypothesis

The Dipsind variant is likely being used by adversaries to establish persistence and exfiltrate data through compromised Azure resources. SOC teams should proactively hunt for this behavior to identify and mitigate potential long-term access and data theft in their Azure Sentinel environment.

YARA Rule

rule Trojan_Win32_Placisc2
{

    meta:
        author = "Microsoft"
        description = "Dipsind variant"
        original_sample_sha1 = "bf944eb70a382bd77ee5b47548ea9a4969de0527"
        unpacked_sample_sha1 = "d807648ddecc4572c7b04405f496d25700e0be6e"
        activity_group = "Platinum"
        version = "1.0"
        last_modified = "2016-04-12"

    strings:
        $str1 = {76 16 8B D0 83 E2 07 8A 4C 14 24 8A 14 18 32 D1 88 14 18 40 3B C7 72 EA }
        $str2 = "VPLRXZHTU"
        $str3 = "%d) Command:%s"
        $str4 = {0D 0A 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 09 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 0D 0A}

    condition:
        $str1 and $str2 and $str3 and $str4
}

Deployment Notes

This YARA rule can be deployed in the following contexts:

This rule contains 4 string patterns in its detection logic.

False Positive Guidance

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