HackTool - Impacket File Indicators

Detects file creation events with filename patterns used by Impacket.

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 1title: HackTool - Impacket File Indicators
 2id: 03f4ca17-de95-428d-a75a-4ee78b047256
 3related:
 4    - id: 6e2a900a-ced9-4e4a-a9c2-13e706f9518a
 5      type: similar
 6status: experimental
 7description: Detects file creation events with filename patterns used by Impacket.
 8references:
 9    - https://thedfirreport.com/2025/05/19/another-confluence-bites-the-dust-falling-to-elpaco-team-ransomware/
10    - https://github.com/fortra/impacket
11author: "The DFIR Report, IrishDeath"
12date: 2025-05-19
13tags:
14    - attack.credential-access
15    - attack.t1003.001
16logsource:
17    product: windows
18    category: file_event
19detection:
20    selection_names_re:
21        TargetFilename|re: '\\sessionresume_[a-zA-Z]{8}$' # https://github.com/fortra/impacket/blob/ead516a1209742efc7ac550707a9304ba08681e9/impacket/examples/secretsdump.py#L1925C38-L1925C51
22    condition: selection_names_re
23falsepositives:
24    - Unknown
25level: high

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