Operator Bloopers Cobalt Strike Commands
Detects use of Cobalt Strike commands accidentally entered in the CMD shell
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1title: Operator Bloopers Cobalt Strike Commands
2id: 647c7b9e-d784-4fda-b9a0-45c565a7b729
3related:
4 - id: 4f154fb6-27d1-4813-a759-78b93e0b9c48
5 type: similar
6status: experimental
7description: Detects use of Cobalt Strike commands accidentally entered in the CMD shell
8references:
9 - https://hstechdocs.helpsystems.com/manuals/cobaltstrike/current/userguide/content/cobalt-4-5-user-guide.pdf
10 - https://thedfirreport.com/2021/10/04/bazarloader-and-the-conti-leaks/
11 - https://thedfirreport.com/2022/06/16/sans-ransomware-summit-2022-can-you-detect-this/
12author: _pete_0, TheDFIRReport
13date: 2022/05/06
14modified: 2023/01/30
15tags:
16 - attack.execution
17 - attack.t1059.003
18logsource:
19 category: process_creation
20 product: windows
21detection:
22 selection_img:
23 - OriginalFileName: 'Cmd.Exe'
24 - Image|endswith: '\cmd.exe'
25 selection_cli:
26 CommandLine|startswith:
27 - 'cmd '
28 - 'cmd.exe'
29 - 'c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe'
30 CommandLine|contains:
31 - 'psinject'
32 - 'spawnas'
33 - 'make_token'
34 - 'remote-exec'
35 - 'rev2self'
36 - 'dcsync'
37 - 'logonpasswords'
38 - 'execute-assembly'
39 - 'getsystem'
40 condition: all of selection_*
41falsepositives:
42 - Unknown
43level: high