Sofacy Trojan Loader Activity

calendar Aug 12, 2024 · attack.defense-evasion attack.execution attack.g0007 attack.t1059.003 attack.t1218.011 car.2013-10-002 detection.emerging-threats  ·
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Detects Trojan loader activity as used by APT28

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 1title: Sofacy Trojan Loader Activity
 2id: ba778144-5e3d-40cf-8af9-e28fb1df1e20
 3status: test
 4description: Detects Trojan loader activity as used by APT28
 5references:
 6    - https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/02/unit42-sofacy-attacks-multiple-government-entities/
 7    - https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/ff808d0a12676bfac88fd26f955154f8884f2bb7c534b9936510fd6296c543e8?environmentId=110
 8    - https://twitter.com/ClearskySec/status/960924755355369472
 9author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Jonhnathan Ribeiro, oscd.community
10date: 2018-03-01
11modified: 2023-05-31
12tags:
13    - attack.defense-evasion
14    - attack.execution
15    - attack.g0007
16    - attack.t1059.003
17    - attack.t1218.011
18    - car.2013-10-002
19    - detection.emerging-threats
20logsource:
21    category: process_creation
22    product: windows
23detection:
24    selection_path:
25        Image|endswith: '\rundll32.exe'
26        CommandLine|contains:
27            - '%LOCALAPPDATA%'
28            - '\AppData\Local\'
29    selection_extensions:
30        - CommandLine|contains: '.dat",'
31        - CommandLine|endswith:
32              - '.dll #1'
33              - '.dll" #1'
34              - '.dll",#1'
35    filter_main_exclude_temp:
36        CommandLine|contains: '\AppData\Local\Temp\'
37    condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter_main_*
38falsepositives:
39    - Unknown
40level: high

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