Potential Devil Bait Related Indicator

 1title: Potential Devil Bait Related Indicator
 2id: 93d5f1b4-36df-45ed-8680-f66f242b8415
 3status: test
 4description: Detects the creation of ".xml" and ".txt" files in folders of the "\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft" directory by uncommon processes. This behavior was seen common across different Devil Bait samples and stages as described by the NCSC
 5references:
 6    - https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/static-assets/documents/malware-analysis-reports/devil-bait/NCSC-MAR-Devil-Bait.pdf
 7author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2023/05/15
 9tags:
10    - attack.defense_evasion
11    - detection.emerging_threats
12logsource:
13    product: windows
14    category: file_event
15detection:
16    selection:
17        Image|endswith:
18            - '\schtasks.exe'
19            - '\wscript.exe'
20            - '\mshta.exe'
21        # Example folders used by the samples include:
22        #   - %AppData%\Microsoft\Network\
23        #   - %AppData%\Microsoft\Office\
24        TargetFilename|contains: '\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\'
25        TargetFilename|endswith:
26            - '.txt'
27            - '.xml'
28    condition: selection
29falsepositives:
30    - Unlikely
31level: high