Suspicious Appended Extension

 1title: Suspicious Appended Extension
 2id: e3f673b3-65d1-4d80-9146-466f8b63fa99
 3status: test
 4description: Detects file renames where the target filename uses an uncommon double extension. Could indicate potential ransomware activity renaming files and adding a custom extension to the encrypted files, such as ".jpg.crypted", ".docx.locky", etc.
 5references:
 6    - https://app.any.run/tasks/d66ead5a-faf4-4437-93aa-65785afaf9e5/
 7    - https://blog.cyble.com/2022/08/10/onyx-ransomware-renames-its-leak-site-to-vsop/
 8author: frack113
 9date: 2022-07-16
10modified: 2023-11-11
11tags:
12    - attack.impact
13    - attack.t1486
14logsource:
15    product: windows
16    category: file_rename
17    definition: 'Requirements: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-File Provider with at least the KERNEL_FILE_KEYWORD_RENAME_SETLINK_PATH keyword'
18detection:
19    selection:
20        SourceFilename|endswith:
21            - '.doc'
22            - '.docx'
23            - '.jpeg'
24            - '.jpg'
25            - '.lnk'
26            - '.pdf'
27            - '.png'
28            - '.pst'
29            - '.rtf'
30            - '.xls'
31            - '.xlsx'
32        TargetFilename|contains:
33            - '.doc.'
34            - '.docx.'
35            - '.jpeg.'
36            - '.jpg.'
37            - '.lnk.'
38            - '.pdf.'
39            - '.png.'
40            - '.pst.'
41            - '.rtf.'
42            - '.xls.'
43            - '.xlsx.'
44    filter_main_generic:
45        TargetFilename|endswith:
46            # Note: Please add more used extensions by backup or recovery software
47            - '.backup'
48            - '.bak'
49            - '.old'
50            - '.orig'
51            - '.temp'
52            - '.tmp'
53    filter_optional_anaconda:
54        TargetFilename|contains: ':\ProgramData\Anaconda3\'
55        TargetFilename|endswith: '.c~'
56    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_* and not 1 of filter_optional_*
57falsepositives:
58    - Backup software
59level: medium