Browser Execution In Headless Mode
Detects execution of Chromium based browser in headless mode
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1title: Browser Execution In Headless Mode
2id: ef9dcfed-690c-4c5d-a9d1-482cd422225c
3related:
4 - id: 0e8cfe08-02c9-4815-a2f8-0d157b7ed33e
5 type: derived
6status: test
7description: Detects execution of Chromium based browser in headless mode
8references:
9 - https://twitter.com/mrd0x/status/1478234484881436672?s=12
10 - https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/23/e/managed-xdr-investigation-of-ducktail-in-trend-micro-vision-one.html
11author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
12date: 2023-09-12
13tags:
14 - attack.command-and-control
15 - attack.t1105
16logsource:
17 category: process_creation
18 product: windows
19detection:
20 selection:
21 Image|endswith:
22 - '\brave.exe'
23 - '\chrome.exe'
24 - '\msedge.exe'
25 - '\opera.exe'
26 - '\vivaldi.exe'
27 CommandLine|contains: '--headless'
28 condition: selection
29falsepositives:
30 - Unknown
31level: medium
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