Visual Studio Code Tunnel Remote File Creation

calendar Oct 28, 2023 · attack.command_and_control  ·
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Detects the creation of file by the "node.exe" process in the ".vscode-server" directory. Could be a sign of remote file creation via VsCode tunnel feature

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 1title: Visual Studio Code Tunnel Remote File Creation
 2id: 56e05d41-ce99-4ecd-912d-93f019ee0b71
 3status: experimental
 4description: |
 5        Detects the creation of file by the "node.exe" process in the ".vscode-server" directory. Could be a sign of remote file creation via VsCode tunnel feature
 6references:
 7    - Internal Research
 8author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
 9date: 2023/10/25
10tags:
11    - attack.command_and_control
12logsource:
13    category: file_event
14    product: windows
15detection:
16    selection:
17        Image|contains: '\servers\Stable-'
18        Image|endswith: '\server\node.exe'
19        TargetFilename|contains: '\.vscode-server\data\User\History\'
20    condition: selection
21falsepositives:
22    - Unknown
23level: medium

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