MalQuery Exact Search - BlinkOps Documentation

Search the malware corpus for exact binary patterns and strings with byte-level precision.

External DocumentationTo learn more, visit the CrowdStrike documentation.

Basic Parameters

Parameter	Description
Patterns	Specify an array of hex patterns or strings to search for within file contents at the byte level. Each pattern should be an object with “type” and “value” fields. For example: `[ { “type”:“hex”, “value”:“8948208b480833ca33f989502489482889782c8bd7” }, { “type”:“ascii”, “value”:“suspicious_string” } ]`

Advanced Parameters

Parameter	Description
File Types	A comma-separated list of file types to restrict search results by. For example: * `EMAIL` * `PCAP` * `PDF` * `PE32`
Limit	The maximum number of matching files to return in the response.
Max Date	Only include files first observed before this date.
Max Size	Only include files smaller than this size. Accepts values in bytes or with units. For example: * `128000` * `1.3KB` * `8MB` * `2GB`
Metadata Fields	A comma-separated list of metadata fields to include in results. For example: * `sha256` * `md5` * `type` * `size` * `first_seen` * `label` * `family`
Min Date	Only include files first observed after this date.
Min Size	Only include files larger than this size. Accepts values in bytes or with units. For example: * `128000` * `1.3KB` * `8MB` * `2GB`

Example Output

{
	"errors": [
		{
			"code": 0,
			"id": "string",
			"message": "string",
			"type": "string"
		}
	],
	"meta": {
		"pagination": {
			"limit": 0,
			"offset": 0,
			"total": 0
		},
		"powered_by": "string",
		"query_time": 0,
		"reqid": "Request ID returned after creating a hunt or exact search",
		"status": "Request status. Possible values: inprogress, failed, done",
		"trace_id": "string",
		"writes": {
			"resources_affected": 0
		}
	},
	"resources": [
		{
			"family": "Sample family",
			"filesize": 0,
			"filetype": "Sample file type",
			"first_seen": "Date when it was first seen",
			"ignore_reason": "Reason why the resource is ignored",
			"label": "Sample label",
			"label_confidence": "Resource label confidence",
			"md5": "Sample MD5",
			"pattern": "Search pattern",
			"pattern_type": "Search pattern type",
			"samples": [
				{
					"family": "Sample family",
					"filesize": 0,
					"filetype": "Sample file type",
					"first_seen": "Date when it was first seen",
					"label": "Sample label",
					"md5": "Sample MD5",
					"sha1": "Sample SHA1",
					"sha256": "Sample SHA256"
				}
			],
			"sha1": "Sample SHA1",
			"sha256": "Sample SHA256",
			"tags": [
				"string"
			],
			"yara_rule": "Search YARA rule",
			"yara_rules": [
				"string"
			]
		}
	]
}