Potential Malicious AppX Package Installation Attempts

Detects potential installation or installation attempts of known malicious appx packages

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 1title: Potential Malicious AppX Package Installation Attempts
 2id: 09d3b48b-be17-47f5-bf4e-94e7e75d09ce
 3status: test
 4description: Detects potential installation or installation attempts of known malicious appx packages
 5references:
 6    - https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/inside-malicious-windows-apps-for-malware-deployment/
 7    - https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2021/11/11/bazarloader-call-me-back-attack-abuses-windows-10-apps-mechanism/
 8    - https://forensicitguy.github.io/analyzing-magnitude-magniber-appx/
 9author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
10date: 2023-01-11
11modified: 2023-01-12
12tags:
13    - attack.defense-evasion
14logsource:
15    product: windows
16    service: appxdeployment-server
17detection:
18    selection:
19        EventID:
20            - 400
21            - 401
22        # Add more malicious package names
23        # TODO: Investigate the packages here https://github.com/sophoslabs/IoCs/blob/master/Troj-BazarBackdoor.csv based on this report https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2021/11/11/bazarloader-call-me-back-attack-abuses-windows-10-apps-mechanism/
24        PackageFullName|contains: '3669e262-ec02-4e9d-bcb4-3d008b4afac9'
25    condition: selection
26falsepositives:
27    - Rare occasions where a malicious package uses the exact same name and version as a legtimate application
28level: medium

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