Suspicious Access to Sensitive File Extensions - Zeek

 1title: Suspicious Access to Sensitive File Extensions - Zeek
 2id: 286b47ed-f6fe-40b3-b3a8-35129acd43bc
 3related:
 4    - id: 91c945bc-2ad1-4799-a591-4d00198a1215
 5      type: derived
 6status: test
 7description: Detects known sensitive file extensions via Zeek
 8references:
 9    - Internal Research
10author: Samir Bousseaden, @neu5ron
11date: 2020-04-02
12modified: 2021-11-27
13tags:
14    - attack.collection
15logsource:
16    product: zeek
17    service: smb_files
18detection:
19    selection:
20        name|endswith:
21            - '.pst'
22            - '.ost'
23            - '.msg'
24            - '.nst'
25            - '.oab'
26            - '.edb'
27            - '.nsf'
28            - '.bak'
29            - '.dmp'
30            - '.kirbi'
31            - '\groups.xml'
32            - '.rdp'
33    condition: selection
34falsepositives:
35    - Help Desk operator doing backup or re-imaging end user machine or backup software
36    - Users working with these data types or exchanging message files
37level: medium