Renamed MegaSync Execution

 1title: Renamed MegaSync Execution
 2id: 643bdcac-8b82-49f4-9fd9-25a90b929f3b
 3status: test
 4description: Detects the execution of a renamed MegaSync.exe as seen used by ransomware families like Nefilim, Sodinokibi, Pysa, and Conti.
 5references:
 6    - https://redcanary.com/blog/rclone-mega-extortion/
 7author: Sittikorn S
 8date: 2021-06-22
 9modified: 2023-02-03
10tags:
11    - attack.defense-evasion
12    - attack.t1218
13logsource:
14    product: windows
15    category: process_creation
16detection:
17    selection:
18        OriginalFileName: 'megasync.exe'
19    filter:
20        Image|endswith: '\megasync.exe'
21    condition: selection and not filter
22falsepositives:
23    - Software that illegally integrates MegaSync in a renamed form
24    - Administrators that have renamed MegaSync
25level: high

References

• Rclone Wars: Transferring leverage in a ransomware attack

  

  Defenders can sabotage double extortion ransomware schemes by detecting unusual file transfer utilities such as Mega and Rclone.

  
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