Junk Code Padded Payload Delivered via HTTP

Darshan Thummar@Mighty

•updated Jun 11, 2026•0•0•8

This rule detects the delivery of a payload via HTTP that contains junk code padding and appears to be an executable file. Specifically, it looks for the byte sequence '90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90' (often used as NOPs for padding or obfuscation) followed by the 'MZ' magic bytes at the beginning of a file (indicating a Windows executable). The detection is triggered on HTTP responses flowing to the client.