Anydesk Temporary Artefact

calendar Nov 26, 2025 · attack.command-and-control attack.t1219.002  ·
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An adversary may use legitimate desktop support and remote access software, such as Team Viewer, Go2Assist, LogMein, AmmyyAdmin, etc, to establish an interactive command and control channel to target systems within networks. These services are commonly used as legitimate technical support software, and may be allowed by application control within a target environment. Remote access tools like VNC, Ammyy, and Teamviewer are used frequently when compared with other legitimate software commonly used by adversaries. (Citation: Symantec Living off the Land)

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 1title: Anydesk Temporary Artefact
 2id: 0b9ad457-2554-44c1-82c2-d56a99c42377
 3status: test
 4description: |
 5    An adversary may use legitimate desktop support and remote access software, such as Team Viewer, Go2Assist, LogMein, AmmyyAdmin, etc, to establish an interactive command and control channel to target systems within networks.
 6    These services are commonly used as legitimate technical support software, and may be allowed by application control within a target environment.
 7    Remote access tools like VNC, Ammyy, and Teamviewer are used frequently when compared with other legitimate software commonly used by adversaries. (Citation: Symantec Living off the Land)    
 8references:
 9    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1219/T1219.md#atomic-test-2---anydesk-files-detected-test-on-windows
10author: frack113
11date: 2022-02-11
12modified: 2024-07-20
13tags:
14    - attack.command-and-control
15    - attack.t1219.002
16logsource:
17    category: file_event
18    product: windows
19detection:
20    selection:
21        TargetFilename|contains:
22            - '\AppData\Roaming\AnyDesk\user.conf'
23            - '\AppData\Roaming\AnyDesk\system.conf'
24    condition: selection
25falsepositives:
26    - Legitimate use
27level: medium
28regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/file/file_event/file_event_win_anydesk_artefact/info.yml

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