Folder Compress To Potentially Suspicious Output Via Compress-Archive Cmdlet

Detects PowerShell scripts that make use of the "Compress-Archive" Cmdlet in order to compress folders and files where the output is stored in a potentially suspicious location that is used often by malware for exfiltration. An adversary might compress data (e.g., sensitive documents) that is collected prior to exfiltration in order to make it portable and minimize the amount of data sent over the network.

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 1title: Folder Compress To Potentially Suspicious Output Via Compress-Archive Cmdlet
 2id: 85a8e5ba-bd03-4bfb-bbfa-a4409a8f8b98 # Process Creation
 3related:
 4    - id: 71ff406e-b633-4989-96ec-bc49d825a412 # PowerShell Classic
 5      type: similar
 6    - id: daf7eb81-35fd-410d-9d7a-657837e602bb # PowerShell Module
 7      type: similar
 8    - id: b7a3c9a3-09ea-4934-8864-6a32cacd98d9 # PowerShell Script
 9      type: similar
10status: test
11description: |
12    Detects PowerShell scripts that make use of the "Compress-Archive" Cmdlet in order to compress folders and files where the output is stored in a potentially suspicious location that is used often by malware for exfiltration.
13    An adversary might compress data (e.g., sensitive documents) that is collected prior to exfiltration in order to make it portable and minimize the amount of data sent over the network.    
14references:
15    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1074.001/T1074.001.md
16    - https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-347a
17author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), frack113
18date: 2021/07/20
19modified: 2022/10/09
20tags:
21    - attack.collection
22    - attack.t1074.001
23logsource:
24    product: windows
25    category: process_creation
26detection:
27    selection:
28        CommandLine|contains:
29            - 'Compress-Archive -Path*-DestinationPath $env:TEMP'
30            - 'Compress-Archive -Path*-DestinationPath*\AppData\Local\Temp\'
31            - 'Compress-Archive -Path*-DestinationPath*:\Windows\Temp\'
32    condition: selection
33falsepositives:
34    - Unknown
35level: medium

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