Lazarus System Binary Masquerading

Detects binaries used by the Lazarus group which use system names but are executed and launched from non-default location

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 1title: Lazarus System Binary Masquerading
 2id: 3f7f5b0b-5b16-476c-a85f-ab477f6dd24b
 3status: test
 4description: Detects binaries used by the Lazarus group which use system names but are executed and launched from non-default location
 5references:
 6    - https://media.kasperskycontenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2018/03/07180244/Lazarus_Under_The_Hood_PDF_final.pdf
 7author: Trent Liffick (@tliffick), Bartlomiej Czyz (@bczyz1)
 8date: 2020/06/03
 9modified: 2023/03/10
10tags:
11    - attack.defense_evasion
12    - attack.t1036.005
13    - detection.emerging_threats
14logsource:
15    category: process_creation
16    product: windows
17detection:
18    selection:
19        Image|endswith:
20            - '\msdtc.exe'
21            - '\gpsvc.exe'
22    filter:
23        Image|startswith:
24            - 'C:\Windows\System32\'
25            - 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\'
26    condition: selection and not filter
27falsepositives:
28    - Unlikely
29level: high

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