Add HackTool - Gogo Scanner Execution Rule#6035
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Detects execution of gogo (chainreactors/gogo), an open-source automated recon scanning engine designed for red teams. Anchors on the gogo binary name (released as gogo_windows_amd64.exe / gogo_windows_386.exe, or renamed to gogo.exe) combined with gogo-specific command-line patterns: distinctive port-preset tags (top1/top2/top3, win, db, docker, oracle, dubbo, lotus), supersmart scan modes (-m ss / -m sc), and config-listing commands (-P port / -P workflow). Notable in-the-wild use: Cisco Talos documented UAT-8302 (China-nexus APT) downloading gogo from its official GitHub releases for internal recon in their May 2026 report. Validated with tests/test_rules.py, tests/test_logsource.py, yamllint and sigma check (0 issues).
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Summary of the Pull Request
Adds a new
process_creationrule detecting execution of gogo (chainreactors/gogo), anopen-source automated network scanning engine designed for red teams.
Coverage gap: gogo currently has no detection coverage anywhere in the Sigma ruleset (verified by
grepping the repo for
gogo,chainreactors, andgogo_windows— zero matches). The existingper-tool scanner rules (
proc_creation_win_pua_netscan.yml,proc_creation_win_pua_nmap_zenmap.yml,proc_creation_win_pua_nimscan.yml,proc_creation_win_pua_advanced_port_scanner.yml,proc_creation_win_pua_advanced_ip_scanner.yml) cover other tools and would not fire on gogo, andthere is no generic "port-scanner" rule that would catch gogo's CLI behavior.
The rule mirrors the structure of the recently-merged
HackTool - NetExec Execution(
proc_creation_win_hktl_netexec.yml): it anchors on the gogo binary name combined withdistinctive gogo-specific CLI tokens — the project's named port-preset tags (
top1/top2/top3,win,db,docker,oracle,dubbo,lotus),-m ss/-m sc"supersmart" scan modes, and-P port/-P workflowconfig-listing commands. These tokens are documented in the officialchainreactors/gogo README and are specific to gogo's CLI. Gogo binaries are Go-built and do not
expose a PE
OriginalFileName, so Image-suffix is the correct anchor (operators frequently renamethe binary, which is a known limitation of this approach — matches the NetExec rule's tradeoff).
In-the-wild reference: Cisco Talos's May 2026 report on the China-nexus APT group UAT-8302
documents the operators downloading
gogo_windows_amd64.exefrom the official GitHub releases forinternal network reconnaissance.
Validated locally with
tests/test_rules.py,tests/test_logsource.py,yamllint, andsigma check --validation-config tests/sigma_cli_conf.yml(0 errors, 0 issues).Changelog
new: HackTool - Gogo Scanner Execution
Example Log Event
Not applicable — this PR adds a new detection rule, not a false-positive fix.
Fixed Issues
None.
SigmaHQ Rule Creation Conventions