Detects attempted file load events that did not meet the signing level requirements. It often means the file's signature is revoked or a signature with the Lifetime Signing EKU has expired. This event is best correlated with EID 3089 to determine the error of the validation.

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Detects a renamed Powershell execution, which is a common technique used to circumvent security controls and bypass detection logic that's dependent on process names and process paths.

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Detects suspicious use of the WSMAN provider without PowerShell.exe as the host application.

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Detects a highly relevant Antivirus alert that reports a password dumper.

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Detects Certipy execution, a tool for Active Directory Certificate Services enumeration and abuse based on PE metadata characteristics and common command line arguments.

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Detects alternate PowerShell hosts potentially bypassing detections looking for powershell.exe

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Detects enumeration of local systeam accounts. This information can help adversaries determine which local accounts exist on a system to aid in follow-on behavior.

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Detects when attackers or tools disable Windows Defender functionalities via the Windows registry

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Detects creation of files with names used by different memory dumping tools to create a memory dump of the LSASS process memory, which contains user credentials.

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Detects possible search for JWT tokens via CLI by looking for the string "eyJ0eX" or "eyJhbG". This string is used as an anchor to look for the start of the JWT token used by microsoft office and similar apps.

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Detects potential DLL sideloading of Python DLL files.

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Detects changes to of the IIS server configuration in order to disable/remove the ETW logging/processing option.

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Detects changes to of the IIS server configuration in order to disable HTTP logging for successful requests.

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Detects the addition of a new module to an IIS server.

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Detects the removal of a previously installed IIS module.

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Detects potential COM object hijacking via modification of default system CLSID.

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Detects usage of winget to add new potentially suspicious download sources

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Detects usage of "IMEWDBLD.exe" to download arbitrary files

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Detects usage of "msedge_proxy.exe" to download arbitrary files

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Detects the usage of the "Squirrel.exe" to download arbitrary files. This binary is part of multiple Electron based software installations (Slack, Teams, Discord, etc.)

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Detects a Chromium based browser process with the 'load-extension' flag to start a instance with a custom extension

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Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2023-22518 (Confluence Data Center / Confluence Server), where an attacker can exploit vulnerable endpoints to e.g. create admin accounts and execute arbitrary commands.

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Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2023-22518 (Confluence Data Center / Confluence Server), where an attacker can exploit vulnerable endpoints to e.g. create admin accounts and execute arbitrary commands.

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Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2023-22518 (Confluence Data Center / Confluence Server), where an attacker can exploit vulnerable endpoints to e.g. create admin accounts and execute arbitrary commands.

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Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2023-22518 (Confluence Data Center / Confluence Server), where an attacker can exploit vulnerable endpoints to e.g. create admin accounts and execute arbitrary commands.

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Detects exploitation activity of CVE-2023-46747 an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP.

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Detects exploitation activity of CVE-2023-46747 an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP.

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Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2023-4966 a Citrix ADC and NetScaler Gateway sensitive information disclosure vulnerability via proxy logs by looking for a very long host header string.

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Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2023-4966 a Citrix ADC and NetScaler Gateway sensitive information disclosure vulnerability via webserver logs by looking for a very long host header string.

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Detects potential exploitation attempt of CVE-2023-4966 a Citrix ADC and NetScaler Gateway sensitive information disclosure vulnerability via proxy logs.

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Detects potential exploitation attempt of CVE-2023-4966 a Citrix ADC and NetScaler Gateway sensitive information disclosure vulnerability via webserver logs.

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Detects registry modifications that change features of internal Windows tools (malware like Agent Tesla uses this technique)

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Detects DNS query requests to Devtunnels domains. Attackers can abuse that feature to establish a reverse shell or persistence on a machine.

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Detects DNS query requests to Visual Studio Code tunnel domains. Attackers can abuse that feature to establish a reverse shell or persistence on a machine.

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Detects when a shell program such as the Windows command prompt or PowerShell is launched with system privileges from a uncommon parent location.

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One of the Windows Eventlogs has been cleared. e.g. caused by "wevtutil cl" command execution

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Detects whether the image specified in a process creation event doesn't refer to an ".exe" (or other known executable extension) file. This can be caused by process ghosting or other unorthodox methods to start a process. This rule might require some initial baselining to align with some third party tooling in the user environment.

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Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2023-46214, a remote code execution (RCE) in Splunk Enterprise through insecure XML parsing using known public proof of concept code

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Detects POST requests to the F5 BIG-IP iControl Rest API "bash" endpoint, which allows the execution of commands on the BIG-IP

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Detects POST requests to the F5 BIG-IP iControl Rest API "bash" endpoint, which allows the execution of commands on the BIG-IP

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Detects process access requests from hacktool processes based on their default image name

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Detects commandline keywords indicative of potential usge of the tool WinPwn. A tool for Windows and Active Directory reconnaissance and exploitation.

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Detects scriptblock text keywords indicative of potential usge of the tool WinPwn. A tool for Windows and Active Directory reconnaissance and exploitation.

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Detects the clearing of one of the Windows Core Eventlogs. e.g. caused by "wevtutil cl" command execution

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Detects specific command line execution used by Lace Tempest to download Cobalt Strike as reported by SysAid Team

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Detects PowerShell script file creation with specific names or suffixes which was seen being used often in PowerShell scripts by FIN7

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Detects execution of a specific binary based on filename and hash used by Lace Tempest to load additional malware as reported by SysAid Team

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Detects a PowerShell script used by Lace Tempest APT to erase evidence from victim servers by exploiting CVE-2023-47246 as reported by SysAid Team

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Detects a PowerShell script used by Lace Tempest APT to launch their malware loader by exploiting CVE-2023-47246 as reported by SysAid Team

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Detects the load of RstrtMgr DLL (Restart Manager) by a suspicious process. This library has been used during ransomware campaigns to kill processes that would prevent file encryption by locking them (e.g. Conti ransomware, Cactus ransomware). It has also recently been seen used by the BiBi wiper for Windows. It could also be used for anti-analysis purposes by shut downing specific processes.

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Detects the load of RstrtMgr DLL (Restart Manager) by an uncommon process. This library has been used during ransomware campaigns to kill processes that would prevent file encryption by locking them (e.g. Conti ransomware, Cactus ransomware). It has also recently been seen used by the BiBi wiper for Windows. It could also be used for anti-analysis purposes by shut downing specific processes.

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Detects loading of known malicious drivers via their hash.

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Detects loading of known malicious drivers via the file name of the drivers.

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Detects network connections to Devtunnels domains initiated by a process on a system. Attackers can abuse that feature to establish a reverse shell or persistence on a machine.

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Detects network connections to Visual Studio Code tunnel domains initiated by a process on a system. Attackers can abuse that feature to establish a reverse shell or persistence on a machine.

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Detects changes to the Netsh registry key to add a new DLL value that is located on a suspicious location. This change might be an indication of a potential persistence attempt by adding a malicious Netsh helper

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Detects usage of findstr with the "EVERYONE" or "BUILTIN" keywords. This was seen being used in combination with "icacls" and other utilities to spot misconfigured files or folders permissions.

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Detects the execution of "gpg.exe" from uncommon location. Often used by ransomware and loaders to decrypt/encrypt data.

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Detects potential exploitation of CVE-2023-46214, a remote code execution (RCE) in Splunk Enterprise through insecure XML parsing

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Detects suspicious child processes of Excel which could be an indicator of lateral movement leveraging the "ActivateMicrosoftApp" Excel DCOM object.

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Detects usage of the "ms-appinstaller" protocol handler via command line to potentially download arbitrary files via AppInstaller.EXE The downloaded files are temporarly stored in ":\Users%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\INetCache<RANDOM-8-CHAR-DIRECTORY>"

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Detects the injection of code by overwriting the memory map of a Linux process using the "dd" Linux command.

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Detects changes to the Netsh registry key to add a new DLL value. This change might be an indication of a potential persistence attempt by adding a malicious Netsh helper

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Detects when a memory process image does not match the disk image, indicative of process hollowing.

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Detects potentially suspicious CommandLine of electron apps (teams, discord, slack, etc.). This could be a sign of abuse to proxy execution through a signed binary.

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Detects process access requests to LSASS process with potentially suspicious access flags

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Detects PowerShell commands that decrypt an ".LNK" "file to drop the next stage of the malware.

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Detects the usage of the "Squirrel.exe" binary to execute arbitrary processes. This binary is part of multiple Electron based software installations (Slack, Teams, Discord, etc.)

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Detects service installation of different remote access tools software. These software are often abused by threat actors to perform

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Detects the creation of a remote thread from a Powershell process in an uncommon target process

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Detects the execution of the "msxsl" binary with an "http" keyword in the command line. This might indicate a potential remote execution of XSL files.

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Detects execution of "findstr" to search for common names of security tools. Attackers often pipe the results of recon commands such as "tasklist" or "whoami" to "findstr" in order to filter out the results. This detection focuses on the keywords that the attacker might use as a filter.

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Detects a suspicious process spawning a Chromium based browser process with the 'load-extension' flag to start an instance with a custom extension

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Detects usage of Windows Input Method Editor (IME) keyboard layout feature, which allows an attacker to load a DLL into the process after sending the WM_INPUTLANGCHANGEREQUEST message. Before doing this, the client needs to register the DLL in a special registry key that is assumed to implement this keyboard layout. This registry key should store a value named "Ime File" with a DLL path. IMEs are essential for languages that have more characters than can be represented on a standard keyboard, such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

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Detects installation of new shim databases that try to patch sections of known processes for potential process injection or persistence.

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Detects usage of Windows Input Method Editor (IME) keyboard layout feature, which allows an attacker to load a DLL into the process after sending the WM_INPUTLANGCHANGEREQUEST message. Before doing this, the client needs to register the DLL in a special registry key that is assumed to implement this keyboard layout. This registry key should store a value named "Ime File" with a DLL path. IMEs are essential for languages that have more characters than can be represented on a standard keyboard, such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

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Detects suspicious parent process for cmd.exe

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Detects loading of known vulnerable drivers via their hash.

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Detects the load of known vulnerable drivers via the file name of the drivers.

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Detects the execution of whoami.exe with suspicious parent processes.

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Detects the execution of "whoami.exe" by privileged accounts that are often abused by threat actors

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Detects the execution of "whoami.exe" with the "/FO" flag to choose CSV as output format or with redirection options to export the results to a file for later use.

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Detects known hacktool execution based on image name.

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Detects execution of network scanning and reconnaisance tools. These tools can be used for the enumeration of local or remote network services for example.

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Detects the use of MeshAgent to execute commands on the target host, particularly when threat actors might abuse it to execute commands directly. MeshAgent can execute commands on the target host by leveraging win-console to obscure their activities and win-dispatcher to run malicious code through IPC with child processes.

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Detects write access requests to the Windows Defender exclusions registry keys. This could be an indication of an attacker trying to request a handle or access the object to write new exclusions in order to bypass security.

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Detects disabling of Windows Defender Real-time Protection. As this event doesn't contain a lot of information on who initiated this action you might want to reduce it to a "medium" level if this occurs too many times in your environment

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Detects the use of MeshAgent to execute commands on the target host, particularly when threat actors might abuse it to execute commands directly. MeshAgent can execute commands on the target host by leveraging win-console to obscure their activities and win-dispatcher to run malicious code through IPC with child processes.

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Search for Antivirus process

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An adversary may use legitimate desktop support and remote access software, such as Team Viewer, Go2Assist, LogMein, AmmyyAdmin, etc, to establish an interactive command and control channel to target systems within networks. These services are commonly used as legitimate technical support software, and may be allowed by application control within a target environment. Remote access tools like VNC, Ammyy, and Teamviewer are used frequently when compared with other legitimate software commonly used by adversaries. (Citation: Symantec Living off the Land)

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Detects network connections to BTunnels domains initiated by a process on the system. Attackers can abuse that feature to establish a reverse shell or persistence on a machine.

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Detects potential PwnKit exploitation CVE-2021-4034 in auth logs

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Detects a specific process creation patterns as seen used by UNC2452 and provided by Microsoft as Microsoft Defender ATP queries

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Detects the default filename used in PoC code against print spooler vulnerability CVE-2021-1675

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Detects the use of the Dinject PowerShell cradle based on the specific flags

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Detects signs of the exploitation of LPE CVE-2021-41379 that include an msiexec process that creates an elevation_service.exe file

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Detects PoC tool used to exploit LPE vulnerability CVE-2021-41379

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Detects the creation of known offensive powershell scripts used for exploitation

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Detects the execution of known offensive powershell scripts used for exploitation or reconnaissance

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Detects events of driver load errors in print service logs that could be a sign of successful exploitation attempts of print spooler vulnerability CVE-2021-1675

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Detect DLL deletions from Spooler Service driver folder. This might be a potential exploitation attempt of CVE-2021-1675

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Detect suspicious error on protocol RDP, potential CVE-2019-0708

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Detects the creation of files that look like exports of the local SAM (Security Account Manager)

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Detects the use of a scanner by zerosum0x0 that discovers targets vulnerable to CVE-2019-0708 RDP RCE aka BlueKeep

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Detect Attempt PrintNightmare (CVE-2021-1675) Remote code execution in Windows Spooler Service

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Detect DLL Load from Spooler Service backup folder

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Detects creation of a lightly-renamed PSExec file in C:\Users\Public, as observed in the Cicada3301 Ransomware report from MorphiSec.

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Detects the use of a potentially-renamed psexec to run the Cicada3301 ransomware tool.

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Detects powershell process used to find and shut down local Hyper-V VMs using the Stop-VM cmdlet, as documented in the 2024 Morphisec report on Cicada3301 ransomware.

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Detects the use of the iisreset.exe utility to stop IIS web services. This is used to prevent users from accessing IIS web resources, thereby releasing/preventing locks which could inhibit ransomware-related encryption.

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Detects potential commandline obfuscation using unicode characters. Adversaries may attempt to make an executable or file difficult to discover or analyze by encrypting, encoding, or otherwise obfuscating its contents on the system or in transit.

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Detects the presence of the "u202+E" character, which causes a terminal, browser, or operating system to render text in a right-to-left sequence. This is used as an obfuscation and masquerading techniques.

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Detects the modification of Group Policy Objects (GPO) to add a startup/logon script to users or computer objects.

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Detect lateral movement using GPO scheduled task, usually used to deploy ransomware at scale

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Detects the first occurrence of a modification to Group Policy Object Attributes to add privileges to user accounts or use them to add users as local admins.

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Detects the deletion of a process's executable by itself. This is usually not possible without workarounds and may be used by malware to hide its traces.

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Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool. DISM is used to enumerate, install, uninstall, configure, and update features and packages in Windows images

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Detects the use of DISM to enable the PowerShell Web Access feature, which could be used for remote access and potential abuse

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Detects the installation and configuration of PowerShell Web Access, which could be used for remote access and potential abuse

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Detects incoming connections to AnyDesk. This could indicate a potential remote attacker trying to connect to a listening instance of AnyDesk and use it as potential command and control channel.

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Detects the use of the "capsh" utility to invoke a shell.

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Detects execution of inline Python code via the "-c" in order to call the "system" function from the "os" library, and spawn a shell.

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Detects the use of the "gcc" utility to execute a shell. Such behavior may be associated with privilege escalation, unauthorized command execution, or to break out from restricted environments.

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Detects the use of the find command to execute a shell. Such behavior may be associated with privilege escalation, unauthorized command execution, or exploitation attempt.

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Detects the use of the "flock" command to execute a shell. Such behavior may be associated with privilege escalation, unauthorized command execution, or to break out from restricted environments.

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Detects the use of the "git" utility to execute a shell. Such behavior may be associated with privilege escalation, unauthorized command execution, or to break out from restricted environments.

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Detects the use of the "nice" utility to execute a shell. Such behavior may be associated with privilege escalation, unauthorized command execution, or to break out from restricted environments.

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Detects the use of the "gcc" utility to execute a shell. Such behavior may be associated with privilege escalation, unauthorized command execution, or to break out from restricted environments.

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Detects the use of the "apt" and "apt-get" commands to execute a shell or proxy commands. Such behavior may be associated with privilege escalation, unauthorized command execution, or to break out from restricted environments.

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Detects the use of the env command to invoke a shell. This may indicate an attempt to bypass restricted environments, escalate privileges, or execute arbitrary commands.

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Detects the use of the "ssh" utility to execute a shell. Such behavior may be associated with privilege escalation, unauthorized command execution, or to break out from restricted environments.

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Detects the execution of "awk" or it's sibling commands, to invoke a shell using the system() function. This behavior is commonly associated with attempts to execute arbitrary commands or escalate privileges, potentially leading to unauthorized access or further exploitation.

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Detects the use of "vim" and it's siblings commands to execute a shell or proxy commands. Such behavior may be associated with privilege escalation, unauthorized command execution, or to break out from restricted environments.

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Detects when S3 bucket versioning is disabled. Threat actors use this technique during AWS ransomware incidents prior to deleting S3 objects.

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Detects a user certificate that was valid but could not be mapped to a user in a strong way (such as via explicit mapping, key trust mapping, or a SID) This could be a sign of exploitation of the elevation of privilege vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-34691, CVE-2022-26931, CVE-2022-26923) that can occur when the KDC allows certificate spoofing by not requiring a strong mapping. Events where the AccountName and CN of the Subject do not match, or where the CN ends in a dollar sign indicating a machine, may indicate certificate spoofing.

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Detects execution of ChromeLoader malware via a registered scheduled task

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Detects execution of the legitimate Autoit3 utility from a suspicious parent process. AutoIt3.exe is used within the DarkGate infection chain to execute shellcode that performs process injection and connects to the DarkGate command-and-control server.

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Detects the usage of curl.exe, KeyScramblerLogon, or other non-standard/suspicious processes used to create Autoit3.exe. This activity has been associated with DarkGate malware, which uses Autoit3.exe to execute shellcode that performs process injection and connects to the DarkGate command-and-control server. Curl, KeyScramblerLogon, and these other processes consitute non-standard and suspicious ways to retrieve the Autoit3 executable.

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Detects creation of local users via the net.exe command with the name of "DarkGate"

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Detects DLL sideloading activity seen used by Diamond Sleet APT

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Detects DNS queries related to Diamond Sleet APT activity

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Detects file creation activity that is related to Diamond Sleet APT activity

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Detects process creation activity indicators related to Diamond Sleet APT

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Detects registry event related to the creation of a scheduled task used by Diamond Sleet APT during exploitation of Team City CVE-2023-42793 vulnerability

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Detects registry event related to the creation of a scheduled task used by Diamond Sleet APT during exploitation of Team City CVE-2023-42793 vulnerability

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Detects enabling of the "AllowAnonymousCallback" registry value, which allows a remote connection between computers that do not have a trust relationship.

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Detects the execution of the commonly used ZeroLogon PoC executable.

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Detecting exploitation indicators of CVE-2023-20198 a privilege escalation vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI.

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Detects when a user downloads a file from an IP based URL using CertOC.exe

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Detects file downloads directly from IP address URL using curl.exe

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Detects the pattern of a pipe name as used by the hack tool CoercedPotato

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Detects the execution of installed GuLoader malware on the host. GuLoader is initiating network connections via the rundll32.exe process that is spawned via a browser parent(injected) process.

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This rule will collect the data needed to start looking into possible kerberoasting activity. Further analysis or computation within the query is needed focusing on requests from one specific host/IP towards multiple service names within a time period of 5 seconds. You can then set a threshold for the number of requests and time between the requests to turn this into an alert.

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Detects sideloading of trojanized DLLs used in Lazarus APT campaign in the case of a Spanish aerospace company

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Detects the creation of an "lsass.dmp" file by the taskmgr process. This indicates a manual dumping of the LSASS.exe process memory using Windows Task Manager.

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Detects new user account creation

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Detects usage of an encoded/obfuscated version of an IP address (hex, octal, etc.) via command line

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Detects the execution of a specific OneLiner to download and execute powershell modules in memory.

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Detects new user account creation or activation with specific names related to the Okta Support System 2023 breach. This rule can be enhanced by filtering out known and legitimate username used in your environnement.

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Detects access to Okta admin functions through proxy.

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Detects the execution of malicious OneNote documents that contain embedded scripts. When a user clicks on a OneNote attachment and then on the malicious link inside the ".one" file, it exports and executes the malicious embedded script from specific directories.

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Detects file creation activity that is related to Onyx Sleet APT activity

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Detects potential initial exploitation attempts against VMware Horizon deployments running a vulnerable versions of Log4j.

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Detects potential exploitation attempt of CVE-2022-22954, a remote code execution vulnerability in VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager. As reported by Morphisec, part of the attack chain, threat actors used PowerShell commands that executed as a child processes of the legitimate Tomcat "prunsrv.exe" process application.

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Detects suspicious ".hta" file creation in the startup folder by Foxit Reader. This can be an indication of CVE-2023-27363 exploitation.

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Detects the creation of a file named "wermgr.exe" being created in an uncommon directory. This could be a sign of potential exploitation of CVE-2023-36874.

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Detects the usage of emojis in the command line, this could be a sign of potential defense evasion activity.

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Detects the usage of emojis in the command line, this could be a sign of potential defense evasion activity.

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Detects the usage of emojis in the command line, this could be a sign of potential defense evasion activity.

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Detects the usage of emojis in the command line, this could be a sign of potential defense evasion activity.

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Detects the creation of hidden file/folder with the "::$index_allocation" stream. Which can be used as a technique to prevent access to folder and files from tooling such as "explorer.exe" and "powershell.exe"

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Detects command line containing reference to the "::$index_allocation" stream, which can be used as a technique to prevent access to folders or files from tooling such as "explorer.exe" or "powershell.exe"

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Detects exploitation attempts of CVE-2023-43261 and information disclosure in Milesight UR5X, UR32L, UR32, UR35, UR41 before v35.3.0.7 that allows attackers to access sensitive router components in proxy logs.

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Detects exploitation attempts of CVE-2023-43261 and information disclosure in Milesight UR5X, UR32L, UR32, UR35, UR41 before v35.3.0.7 that allows attackers to access sensitive router components in access logs.

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Detects the execution of "csc.exe" via "w3wp.exe" process. MOVEit affected hosts execute "csc.exe" via the "w3wp.exe" process to dynamically compile malicious DLL files.

MOVEit is affected by a critical vulnerability. Exploited hosts show evidence of dynamically compiling a DLL and writing it under C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\([a-z0-9]{5,12})\([a-z0-9]{5,12})\App_Web_[a-z0-9]{5,12}.dll.

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Events from IIS dynamically compiling binaries via the csc.exe on behalf of the MOVEit application, especially since May 27th should be investigated.

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Detects when a user has potentially entered their password into the username field, which will cause the password to be retained in log files.

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Detects uncommon or suspicious child processes spawning from a VsCode "code.exe" process. This could indicate an attempt of persistence via VsCode tasks or terminal profiles.

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Detects the execution of an Office application that points to a document that is located in a trusted location. Attackers often used this to avoid macro security and execute their malicious code.

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Detects the creation of a new PowerShell module ".psm1", ".psd1", ".dll", ".ps1", etc. by a non-PowerShell process

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Detects the enabling of the PowerShell script execution policy. Once enabled, this policy allows scripts to be executed.

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Detects changes to the registry value "PythonFunctionWarnings" that would prevent any warnings or alerts from showing when Python functions are about to be executed. Threat actors could run malicious code through the new Microsoft Excel feature that allows Python to run within the spreadsheet.

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Detects the initial execution of the Raspberry Robin malware from an external drive using "Cmd.EXE".

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Detects raspberry robin subsequent execution of commands.

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Detects command execution via ScreenConnect RMM

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Detects file being transferred via ScreenConnect RMM

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Detects the creation of files in a specific location by ScreenConnect RMM. ScreenConnect has feature to remotely execute binaries on a target machine. These binaries will be dropped to ":\Users<username>\Documents\ConnectWiseControl\Temp" before execution.

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Detects the execution of a renamed "CURL.exe" binary based on the PE metadata fields

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Detects the creation of a file with the name "code_tunnel.json" which indicate execution and usage of VsCode tunneling utility by an "Image" or "Process" other than VsCode.

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Detects the creation or update of a scheduled task to run with "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" privileges

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Detects calls to "get-process" where the output is piped to a "where-object" filter to search for security solution processes. Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of security software, configurations, defensive tools, and sensors that are installed on a system or in a cloud environment. This may include things such as firewall rules and anti-virus

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Detects post exploitation execution technique of the Serpent backdoor. According to Proofpoint, one of the commands that the backdoor ran was via creating a temporary scheduled task using an unusual method. It creates a fictitious windows event and a trigger in which once the event is created, it executes the payload.

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Detects the creation of files with an "LNK" as a second extension. This is sometimes used by malware as a method to abuse the fact that Windows hides the "LNK" extension by default.

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Detects suspicious process executions in which Sysmon itself is the parent of a process, which could be a sign of exploitation (e.g. CVE-2022-41120)

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Detects the redirection of Ursnif discovery commands as part of the initial execution of the malware.

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Detects Visual Studio Code tunnel execution. Attackers can abuse this functionality to establish a C2 channel

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Detects the creation of file by the "node.exe" process in the ".vscode-server" directory. Could be a sign of remote file creation via VsCode tunnel feature

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Detects the installation of VsCode tunnel (code-tunnel) as a service.

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Detects the execution of a shell (powershell, bash, wsl...) via Visual Studio Code tunnel. Attackers can abuse this functionality to establish a C2 channel and execute arbitrary commands on the system.

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Detects when a single rules or all of the rules have been deleted from the Windows Defender Firewall

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Detects an appx package added the pipeline of the "to be processed" packages which is located in uncommon locations

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Detects when a rule has been added to the Windows Firewall exception list

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Detects enumeration of local network configuration

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Detects activity that indicates a user disabling the ability for Antivirus mini filter to inspect a "Dev Drive".

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Detects the Emotet Epoch4 loader as reported by @malware_traffic back in 2022. The ".lnk" file was delivered via phishing campaign.

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Detects initial execution of FakeUpdates/SocGholish malware via wscript that later executes commands via cmd or powershell.

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Detects the initial execution of "cmd.exe" which spawns "explorer.exe" with the appropriate command line arguments for opening the "My Computer" folder.

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Detects the execution of SharpWSUS or WSUSpendu, utilities that allow for lateral movement through WSUS. Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a critical component of Windows systems and is frequently configured in a way that allows an attacker to circumvent internal networking limitations.

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Detects the execution of SOAPHound, a .NET tool for collecting Active Directory data, using specific command-line arguments that may indicate an attempt to extract sensitive AD information.

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Detects modifications to the registry key "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\Userlist" where the value is set to "0" in order to hide user account from being listed on the logon screen.

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Detects changes to the registry key "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\Userlist" where the value is set to "0" in order to hide user account from being listed on the logon screen.

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Detects Request to "amsiInitFailed" that can be used to disable AMSI Scanning

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