Potential ACTINIUM Persistence Activity

Detects specific process parameters as used by ACTINIUM scheduled task persistence creation.

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 1title: Potential ACTINIUM Persistence Activity
 2id: e1118a8f-82f5-44b3-bb6b-8a284e5df602
 3status: test
 4description: Detects specific process parameters as used by ACTINIUM scheduled task persistence creation.
 5references:
 6    - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/02/04/actinium-targets-ukrainian-organizations
 7author: Andreas Hunkeler (@Karneades)
 8date: 2022/02/07
 9modified: 2023/03/18
10tags:
11    - attack.persistence
12    - attack.t1053
13    - attack.t1053.005
14    - detection.emerging_threats
15logsource:
16    category: process_creation
17    product: windows
18detection:
19    selection:
20        CommandLine|contains|all:
21            - 'schtasks'
22            - 'create'
23            - 'wscript'
24            - ' /e:vbscript'
25    condition: selection
26falsepositives:
27    - Unlikely
28level: high

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