Attachment: Base64 encoded bash command in filename

 1name: "Attachment: Base64 encoded bash command in filename"
 2description: "This rule detects a fileless attack technique where a malicious payload is encoded directly into a filename. This technique is used by threats like VShell. The rule is designed to find these malicious filenames both in direct attachments and within archived files (like .zip, .rar, etc.)."
 3authors:
 4  - twitter: "vector_sec"
 5type: rule
 6severity: high
 7source: |
 8  type.inbound
 9  and length(attachments) > 0
10  and any(attachments,
11          (
12            .file_type in $file_extensions_common_archives
13            or strings.contains(.file_name, "{")
14          )
15          and any(file.expand_archives(.).files,
16                  strings.contains(.file_name, "{")
17                  and (
18                    strings.icontains(.file_name, 'echo,')
19                    or strings.icontains(.file_name, 'base64')
20                    or regex.icontains(.file_name, '\bbash\b')
21                    or any(beta.scan_base64(.file_name, ignore_padding=true),
22                           length(.) >= 10
23                    )
24                  )
25          )
26  )  
27attack_types:
28  - "Malware/Ransomware"
29tactics_and_techniques:
30  - "Encryption"
31  - "Evasion"
32detection_methods:
33  - "Archive analysis"
34  - "File analysis"
35  - "Content analysis"
36id: "819f69c8-91c2-5261-8c13-d177c46bff66"
37references:
38- https://www.trellix.com/blogs/research/the-silent-fileless-threat-of-vshell/