Potential Goofy Guineapig GoolgeUpdate Process Anomaly

 1title: Potential Goofy Guineapig GoolgeUpdate Process Anomaly
 2id: bdbab15a-3826-48fa-a1b7-723cd8f32fcc
 3status: test
 4description: Detects "GoogleUpdate.exe" spawning a new instance of itself in an uncommon location as seen used by the Goofy Guineapig backdoor
 5references:
 6    - https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/static-assets/documents/malware-analysis-reports/goofy-guineapig/NCSC-MAR-Goofy-Guineapig.pdf
 7author: X__Junior (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2023-05-15
 9tags:
10    - attack.defense-evasion
11    - detection.emerging-threats
12logsource:
13    category: process_creation
14    product: windows
15detection:
16    selection:
17        ParentImage|endswith: '\GoogleUpdate.exe'
18        Image|endswith: '\GoogleUpdate.exe'
19    filter_main_legit_paths:
20        - Image|startswith:
21              - 'C:\Program Files\Google\'
22              - 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\'
23        - Image|contains: '\AppData\Local\Google\Update\'
24    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
25falsepositives:
26    - Unknown
27level: high