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Retrieved: 2026-06-29T23:00:00Z · Confidence: medium

Hunt Hypothesis

This detection rule identifies anomalous remote access patterns that may indicate an adversary attempting to establish persistence or lateral movement within the Azure environment. Proactively hunting for these identifiers allows the SOC team to validate legitimate administrative activity against potential stealthy reconnaissance before escalating low-severity alerts into confirmed incidents.

YARA Rule

rule Remote : Family Surtr Variant Remote {
	meta:
		description = "identifier for remote"
		author = "Katie Kleemola"
		last_updated = "07-25-2014"
	
	condition:
		RSharedStrings and RemoteStrings
}

Deployment Notes

This YARA rule can be deployed in the following contexts:

False Positive Guidance

Here are 4 specific scenarios where the “identifier for remote” detection rule may generate false positives in an enterprise environment, along with suggested filters or exclusions:

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