Suspicious File Download From File Sharing Domain Via Curl.EXE
Detects potentially suspicious file download from file sharing domains using curl.exe
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1title: Suspicious File Download From File Sharing Domain Via Curl.EXE
2id: 56454143-524f-49fb-b1c6-3fb8b1ad41fb
3status: test
4description: Detects potentially suspicious file download from file sharing domains using curl.exe
5references:
6 - https://labs.withsecure.com/publications/fin7-target-veeam-servers
7 - https://github.com/WithSecureLabs/iocs/blob/344203de742bb7e68bd56618f66d34be95a9f9fc/FIN7VEEAM/iocs.csv
8author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
9date: 2023-05-05
10modified: 2025-12-10
11tags:
12 - attack.execution
13logsource:
14 category: process_creation
15 product: windows
16detection:
17 selection_img:
18 - Image|endswith: '\curl.exe'
19 - OriginalFileName: 'curl.exe'
20 selection_websites:
21 CommandLine|contains:
22 - '.githubusercontent.com' # Includes both gists and github repositories / Michael Haag (idea)
23 - 'anonfiles.com'
24 - 'cdn.discordapp.com'
25 - 'ddns.net'
26 - 'dl.dropboxusercontent.com'
27 - 'ghostbin.co'
28 - 'github.com'
29 - 'glitch.me'
30 - 'gofile.io'
31 - 'hastebin.com'
32 - 'mediafire.com'
33 - 'mega.nz'
34 - 'onrender.com'
35 - 'pages.dev'
36 - 'paste.ee'
37 - 'pastebin.com'
38 - 'pastebin.pl'
39 - 'pastetext.net'
40 - 'pixeldrain.com'
41 - 'privatlab.com'
42 - 'privatlab.net'
43 - 'send.exploit.in'
44 - 'sendspace.com'
45 - 'storage.googleapis.com'
46 - 'storjshare.io'
47 - 'supabase.co'
48 - 'temp.sh'
49 - 'transfer.sh'
50 - 'trycloudflare.com'
51 - 'ufile.io'
52 - 'w3spaces.com'
53 - 'workers.dev'
54 selection_http:
55 CommandLine|contains: 'http'
56 selection_flag:
57 CommandLine|contains:
58 - ' -O' # covers the alias for --remote-name and --output
59 - '--remote-name'
60 - '--output'
61 selection_ext:
62 CommandLine|endswith:
63 - ".ps1"
64 - ".ps1'"
65 - '.ps1"'
66 - ".dat"
67 - ".dat'"
68 - '.dat"'
69 - ".msi"
70 - ".msi'"
71 - '.msi"'
72 - ".bat"
73 - ".bat'"
74 - '.bat"'
75 - ".exe"
76 - ".exe'"
77 - '.exe"'
78 - ".vbs"
79 - ".vbs'"
80 - '.vbs"'
81 - ".vbe"
82 - ".vbe'"
83 - '.vbe"'
84 - ".hta"
85 - ".hta'"
86 - '.hta"'
87 - ".dll"
88 - ".dll'"
89 - '.dll"'
90 - ".psm1"
91 - ".psm1'"
92 - '.psm1"'
93 condition: all of selection_*
94falsepositives:
95 - Unknown
96level: high
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