Detects the creation of a file named "wermgr.exe" being created in an uncommon directory. This could be a sign of potential exploitation of CVE-2023-36874.

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Detects the execution of a ".CPL" file located in the user temp directory via the Shell32 DLL "Control_RunDLL" export function. This behavior was observed in multiple Raspberry-Robin variants.

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Detects a specific command line of "regsvr32" where the "calc" keyword is used in conjunction with the "/s" flag. This behavior is often seen used by Qakbot

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Detects the execution of "lodctr.exe" to rebuild the performance counter registry values. This can be abused by attackers by providing a malicious config file to overwrite performance counter configuration to confuse and evade monitoring and security solutions.

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Detects the execution of an AnyDesk binary with a version prior to 8.0.8. Prior to version 8.0.8, the Anydesk application used a signing certificate that got compromised by threat actors. Use this rule to detect instances of older versions of Anydesk using the compromised certificate This is recommended in order to avoid attackers leveraging the certificate and signing their binaries to bypass detections.

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Detects the execution of a system command via the ScreenConnect RMM service.

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Detects potentially suspicious file downloads directly from IP addresses and stored in suspicious locations using Wget.exe

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Detects a renamed Powershell execution, which is a common technique used to circumvent security controls and bypass detection logic that's dependent on process names and process paths.

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Detects suspicious use of the WSMAN provider without PowerShell.exe as the host application.

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Detects attempted file load events that did not meet the signing level requirements. It often means the file's signature is revoked or a signature with the Lifetime Signing EKU has expired. This event is best correlated with EID 3089 to determine the error of the validation.

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File .conf created related to VenomRAT, AsyncRAT and Lummac samples observed in the wild.

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Detects exploitation attempt of Cleo's CVE-2024-50623 by looking for a "cmd.exe" process spawning from the Celo software suite with suspicious Powershell commandline.

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Detects UAC Bypass Attempt Using Microsoft Connection Manager Profile Installer Autoelevate-capable COM Objects (e.g. UACMe ID of 41, 43, 58 or 65)

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Detects potential RDP Session Hijacking activity on Windows systems

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Detects the "IDiagnosticProfileUAC" UAC bypass technique

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Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2023-38331 (WinRAR before v6.23), where an attacker can leverage WinRAR to execute arbitrary commands and binaries.

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Detects Commandlet names from well-known PowerShell exploitation frameworks

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Detects process creation activity related to Peach Sandstorm APT

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Detects specific process tree behavior linked to "rundll32" executions, wherein the associated DLL lacks a common ".dll" extension, often signaling potential Pikabot activity.

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Detects wscript/cscript executions of scripts located in user directories

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Detects loading of essential DLLs used by PowerShell by non-PowerShell process. Detects behavior similar to meterpreter's "load powershell" extension.

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Detects the execution of a renamed "PingCastle" binary based on the PE metadata fields.

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An adversary might use WMI to discover information about the system, such as the volume name, size, free space, and other disk information. This can be done using the wmic command-line utility and has been observed being used by threat actors such as Volt Typhoon.

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Detects suspicious use of PCHunter, a tool like Process Hacker to view and manipulate processes, kernel options and other low level stuff

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Detects Stracciatella which executes a Powershell runspace from within C# (aka SharpPick technique) with AMSI, ETW and Script Block Logging disabled based on PE metadata characteristics.

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Detects a certain command line flag combination used by mpiexec.exe LOLBIN from HPC pack that can be used to execute any other binary

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Detects execution of known compromised version of 3CXDesktopApp

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Detects potential SquiblyTwo attack technique with possible renamed WMIC via Imphash and OriginalFileName fields

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Detects execution of the "esxcli" command with the "system" and "permission" flags in order to assign admin permissions to an account.

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Detects execution of the "esxcli" command with the "vm" and "kill" flag in order to kill/shutdown a specific VM.

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Detects suspicious filenames that contain a right-to-left override character and a potentially spoofed file extensions.

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Detects the execution of python with calls to the socket and pty module in order to connect and spawn a potential reverse shell.

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Detects a python process calling to the PTY module in order to spawn a pretty tty which could be indicative of potential reverse shell activity.

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Detects a highly relevant Antivirus alert that reports an exploitation framework. This event must not be ignored just because the AV has blocked the malware but investigate, how it came there in the first place.

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Detects a highly relevant Antivirus alert that reports a hack tool or other attack tool. This event must not be ignored just because the AV has blocked the malware but investigate, how it came there in the first place.

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Detects execution of commands via the run dialog box on Windows by checking values of the "RunMRU" registry key. This technique was seen being abused by threat actors to deceive users into pasting and executing malicious commands, often disguised as CAPTCHA verification steps.

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Detects commandline arguments for executing a child process via dotnet-trace.exe

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Detects potentially suspicious child processes of Wscript/Cscript. These include processes such as rundll32 with uncommon exports or PowerShell spawning rundll32 or regsvr32. Malware such as Pikabot and Qakbot were seen using similar techniques as well as many others.

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Detects potential calls to NtOpenProcess directly from NTDLL.

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Detects the execution of concatenated commands via "cmd.exe". Pikabot often executes a combination of multiple commands via the command handler "cmd /c" in order to download and execute additional payloads. Commands such as "curl", "wget" in order to download extra payloads. "ping" and "timeout" are abused to introduce delays in the command execution and "Rundll32" is also used to execute malicious DLL files. In the observed Pikabot infections, a combination of the commands described above are used to orchestrate the download and execution of malicious DLL files.

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Detects RAR usage that creates an archive from a suspicious folder, either a system folder or one of the folders often used by attackers for staging purposes

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Detects potentially suspicious file downloads from file sharing domains using PowerShell.exe

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Detects potentially suspicious file download from file sharing domains using curl.exe

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Detects potentially suspicious file downloads from file sharing domains using wget.exe

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Detects alternate PowerShell hosts potentially bypassing detections looking for powershell.exe

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Detects usage of winget to add new potentially suspicious download sources

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Detects usage of "IMEWDBLD.exe" to download arbitrary files

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Detects usage of "msedge_proxy.exe" to download arbitrary files

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Detects the usage of the "Squirrel.exe" to download arbitrary files. This binary is part of multiple Electron based software installations (Slack, Teams, Discord, etc.)

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Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2023-22518 (Confluence Data Center / Confluence Server), where an attacker can exploit vulnerable endpoints to e.g. create admin accounts and execute arbitrary commands.

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Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2023-22518 (Confluence Data Center / Confluence Server), where an attacker can exploit vulnerable endpoints to e.g. create admin accounts and execute arbitrary commands.

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Detects when a shell program such as the Windows command prompt or PowerShell is launched with system privileges from a uncommon parent location.

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Detects POST requests to the F5 BIG-IP iControl Rest API "bash" endpoint, which allows the execution of commands on the BIG-IP

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Detects commandline keywords indicative of potential usge of the tool WinPwn. A tool for Windows and Active Directory reconnaissance and exploitation.

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Detects scriptblock text keywords indicative of potential usge of the tool WinPwn. A tool for Windows and Active Directory reconnaissance and exploitation.

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Detects specific command line execution used by Lace Tempest to download Cobalt Strike as reported by SysAid Team

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Detects PowerShell script file creation with specific names or suffixes which was seen being used often in PowerShell scripts by FIN7

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Detects execution of a specific binary based on filename and hash used by Lace Tempest to load additional malware as reported by SysAid Team

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Detects a PowerShell script used by Lace Tempest APT to erase evidence from victim servers by exploiting CVE-2023-47246 as reported by SysAid Team

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Detects a PowerShell script used by Lace Tempest APT to launch their malware loader by exploiting CVE-2023-47246 as reported by SysAid Team

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Detects usage of the "ms-appinstaller" protocol handler via command line to potentially download arbitrary files via AppInstaller.EXE The downloaded files are temporarly stored in ":\Users%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\INetCache<RANDOM-8-CHAR-DIRECTORY>"

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Detects potentially suspicious CommandLine of electron apps (teams, discord, slack, etc.). This could be a sign of abuse to proxy execution through a signed binary.

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Detects PowerShell commands that decrypt an ".LNK" "file to drop the next stage of the malware.

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Detects the usage of the "Squirrel.exe" binary to execute arbitrary processes. This binary is part of multiple Electron based software installations (Slack, Teams, Discord, etc.)

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Detects the creation of a remote thread from a Powershell process in an uncommon target process

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Detects suspicious parent process for cmd.exe

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Detects known hacktool execution based on image name.

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Detects a specific process creation patterns as seen used by UNC2452 and provided by Microsoft as Microsoft Defender ATP queries

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Detects the default filename used in PoC code against print spooler vulnerability CVE-2021-1675

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Detects the creation of known offensive powershell scripts used for exploitation

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Detects the execution of known offensive powershell scripts used for exploitation or reconnaissance

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Detects events of driver load errors in print service logs that could be a sign of successful exploitation attempts of print spooler vulnerability CVE-2021-1675

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Detects creation of a lightly-renamed PSExec file in C:\Users\Public, as observed in the Cicada3301 Ransomware report from MorphiSec.

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Detects the use of a potentially-renamed psexec to run the Cicada3301 ransomware tool.

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Detects the use of the "capsh" utility to invoke a shell.

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Detects execution of inline Python code via the "-c" in order to call the "system" function from the "os" library, and spawn a shell.

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Detects the use of the "git" utility to execute a shell. Such behavior may be associated with privilege escalation, unauthorized command execution, or to break out from restricted environments.

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Detects the use of the "gcc" utility to execute a shell. Such behavior may be associated with privilege escalation, unauthorized command execution, or to break out from restricted environments.

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Detects the use of the env command to invoke a shell. This may indicate an attempt to bypass restricted environments, escalate privileges, or execute arbitrary commands.

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Detects the use of the "ssh" utility to execute a shell. Such behavior may be associated with privilege escalation, unauthorized command execution, or to break out from restricted environments.

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Detects the execution of "awk" or it's sibling commands, to invoke a shell using the system() function. This behavior is commonly associated with attempts to execute arbitrary commands or escalate privileges, potentially leading to unauthorized access or further exploitation.

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Detects execution of ChromeLoader malware via a registered scheduled task

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Detects execution of the legitimate Autoit3 utility from a suspicious parent process. AutoIt3.exe is used within the DarkGate infection chain to execute shellcode that performs process injection and connects to the DarkGate command-and-control server.

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Detects the usage of curl.exe, KeyScramblerLogon, or other non-standard/suspicious processes used to create Autoit3.exe. This activity has been associated with DarkGate malware, which uses Autoit3.exe to execute shellcode that performs process injection and connects to the DarkGate command-and-control server. Curl, KeyScramblerLogon, and these other processes consitute non-standard and suspicious ways to retrieve the Autoit3 executable.

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Detects file creation activity that is related to Diamond Sleet APT activity

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Detects process creation activity indicators related to Diamond Sleet APT

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Detects registry event related to the creation of a scheduled task used by Diamond Sleet APT during exploitation of Team City CVE-2023-42793 vulnerability

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Detects the execution of the commonly used ZeroLogon PoC executable.

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Detects when a user downloads a file from an IP based URL using CertOC.exe

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Detects file downloads directly from IP address URL using curl.exe

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Detects the execution of a specific OneLiner to download and execute powershell modules in memory.

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Detects file creation activity that is related to Onyx Sleet APT activity

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Detects potential exploitation attempt of CVE-2022-22954, a remote code execution vulnerability in VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager. As reported by Morphisec, part of the attack chain, threat actors used PowerShell commands that executed as a child processes of the legitimate Tomcat "prunsrv.exe" process application.

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Detects the execution of "csc.exe" via "w3wp.exe" process. MOVEit affected hosts execute "csc.exe" via the "w3wp.exe" process to dynamically compile malicious DLL files.

MOVEit is affected by a critical vulnerability. Exploited hosts show evidence of dynamically compiling a DLL and writing it under C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\([a-z0-9]{5,12})\([a-z0-9]{5,12})\App_Web_[a-z0-9]{5,12}.dll.

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Events from IIS dynamically compiling binaries via the csc.exe on behalf of the MOVEit application, especially since May 27th should be investigated.

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Detects uncommon or suspicious child processes spawning from a VsCode "code.exe" process. This could indicate an attempt of persistence via VsCode tasks or terminal profiles.

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Detects the enabling of the PowerShell script execution policy. Once enabled, this policy allows scripts to be executed.

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Detects the initial execution of the Raspberry Robin malware from an external drive using "Cmd.EXE".

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Detects raspberry robin subsequent execution of commands.

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Detects command execution via ScreenConnect RMM

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Detects file being transferred via ScreenConnect RMM

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Detects the creation of files in a specific location by ScreenConnect RMM. ScreenConnect has feature to remotely execute binaries on a target machine. These binaries will be dropped to ":\Users<username>\Documents\ConnectWiseControl\Temp" before execution.

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Detects the execution of a renamed "CURL.exe" binary based on the PE metadata fields

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Detects the creation or update of a scheduled task to run with "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" privileges

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Detects post exploitation execution technique of the Serpent backdoor. According to Proofpoint, one of the commands that the backdoor ran was via creating a temporary scheduled task using an unusual method. It creates a fictitious windows event and a trigger in which once the event is created, it executes the payload.

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Detects the redirection of Ursnif discovery commands as part of the initial execution of the malware.

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Detects the Emotet Epoch4 loader as reported by @malware_traffic back in 2022. The ".lnk" file was delivered via phishing campaign.

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Detects initial execution of FakeUpdates/SocGholish malware via wscript that later executes commands via cmd or powershell.

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Detects the execution of SharpWSUS or WSUSpendu, utilities that allow for lateral movement through WSUS. Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a critical component of Windows systems and is frequently configured in a way that allows an attacker to circumvent internal networking limitations.

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Detects potential exploitation attempts of CVE-2022-29072, a 7-Zip privilege escalation and command execution vulnerability. 7-Zip version 21.07 and earlier on Windows allows privilege escalation (CVE-2022-29072) and command execution when a file with the .7z extension is dragged to the Help>Contents area. This is caused by misconfiguration of 7z.dll and a heap overflow. The command runs in a child process under the 7zFM.exe process.

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Detects the execution of the "wusa.exe" (Windows Update Standalone Installer) utility to extract ".cab" files using the "/extract" argument from potentially suspicious paths.

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Detects the execution "AccCheckConsole" a command-line tool for verifying the accessibility implementation of an application's UI. One of the tests that this checker can run are called "verification routine", which tests for things like Consistency, Navigation, etc. The tool allows a user to provide a DLL that can contain a custom "verification routine". An attacker can build such DLLs and pass it via the CLI, which would then be loaded in the context of the "AccCheckConsole" utility.

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Detects the execution of Windows binaries from within a WSL instance. This could be used to masquerade parent-child relationships

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Detects execution of the "wusa.exe" (Windows Update Standalone Installer) utility by a parent process that is located in a suspicious location. Attackers could instantiate an instance of "wusa.exe" in order to bypass User Account Control (UAC). They can duplicate the access token from "wusa.exe" to gain elevated privileges.

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Detects the execution of the BCP utility in order to export data from the database. Attackers were seen saving their malware to a database column or table and then later extracting it via "bcp.exe" into a file.

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Detects the execution of rundll32.exe with the oledb32.dll library to open a UDL file. Threat actors can abuse this technique as a phishing vector to capture authentication credentials or other sensitive data.

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Detects the execution of rundll32.exe with the oledb32.dll library to open a UDL file. Threat actors can abuse the technique as a phishing vector to capture authentication credentials or other sensitive data.

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Detects ADDInternals Cmdlet execution. A tool for administering Azure AD and Office 365. Which can be abused by threat actors to attack Azure AD or Office 365.

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Detects ADDInternals Cmdlet execution. A tool for administering Azure AD and Office 365. Which can be abused by threat actors to attack Azure AD or Office 365.

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Detects potential DLL sideloading of DLLs that are known to be abused from suspicious locations

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Detects Kerberos DLL being loaded by an Office Product

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Detects DSParse DLL being loaded by an Office Product

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Detects usage of winget to add a new insecure (http) download source. Winget will not allow the addition of insecure sources, hence this could indicate potential suspicious activity (or typos)

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Detects usage of winget to add new additional download sources

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Detects usage of the "Add-WindowsCapability" cmdlet to add Windows capabilities. Notable capabilities could be "OpenSSH" and others.

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Detects usage of the "Add-WindowsCapability" cmdlet to add Windows capabilities. Notable capabilities could be "OpenSSH" and others.

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Detects javaw.exe in AppData folder as used by Adwind / JRAT

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Detects javaw.exe in AppData folder as used by Adwind / JRAT

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Detects alternate PowerShell hosts potentially bypassing detections looking for powershell.exe

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Detects code fragments found in small and obfuscated AMSI bypass PowerShell scripts

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Detects the removal or uninstallation of an application via "Wmic.EXE".

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Detects calls to the "terminate" function via wmic in order to kill an application

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Detects indicators of APT 29 (Cozy Bear) phishing-campaign as reported by mandiant

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Detects execution of the Notepad++ updater (gup) to launch other commands or executables

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Detects usage of "MSOHTMED" to download arbitrary files

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Detects usage of "MSPUB" (Microsoft Publisher) to download arbitrary files

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Detects usage of "PresentationHost" which is a utility that runs ".xbap" (Browser Applications) files to download arbitrary files

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Detects a certain command line flag combination used by "devinit.exe", which can be abused as a LOLBIN to download arbitrary MSI packages on a Windows system

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The .SettingContent-ms file type was introduced in Windows 10 and allows a user to create "shortcuts" to various Windows 10 setting pages. These files are simply XML and contain paths to various Windows 10 settings binaries.

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Detects the creation of new DLL assembly files by "aspnet_compiler.exe", which could be a sign of "aspnet_compiler" abuse to proxy execution through a build provider.

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Detects spawning of suspicious child processes by Atlassian Confluence server which may indicate successful exploitation of CVE-2022-26134

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Detects events generated by user-mode applications when they call the CveEventWrite API when a known vulnerability is trying to be exploited. MS started using this log in Jan. 2020 with CVE-2020-0601 (a Windows CryptoAPI vulnerability. Unfortunately, that is about the only instance of CVEs being written to this log.

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Detects changes to the EC2 instance startup script. The shell script will be executed as root/SYSTEM every time the specific instances are booted up.

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Detects S3 Browser utility performing reconnaissance looking for existing IAM Users without a LoginProfile defined then (when found) creating a LoginProfile.

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Detects S3 browser utility creating Inline IAM policy containing default S3 bucket name placeholder value of "".

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Detects S3 Browser utility creating IAM User or AccessKey.

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Identifies when a Azure Kubernetes CronJob runs in Azure Cloud. Kubernetes Job is a controller that creates one or more pods and ensures that a specified number of them successfully terminate. Kubernetes Job can be used to run containers that perform finite tasks for batch jobs. Kubernetes CronJob is used to schedule Jobs. An Adversary may use Kubernetes CronJob for scheduling execution of malicious code that would run as a container in the cluster.

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Identifies when a new cloudshell is created inside of Azure portal.

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focuses on trivial artifacts observed in variants of prevalent offensive ps1 payloads, including Cobalt Strike Beacon, PoshC2, Powerview, Letmein, Empire, Powersploit, and other attack payloads that often undergo minimal changes by attackers due to bad opsec.

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Detects encoded base64 MZ header in the commandline

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Detects execution of the bash shell with the interactive flag "-i".

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Detects default file names outputted by the BloodHound collection tool SharpHound

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Attempts to detect system changes made by Blue Mockingbird

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Attempts to detect system changes made by Blue Mockingbird

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detects BPFDoor .lock and .pid files access in temporary file storage facility

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Detects the usage of the unsafe bpftrace option

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Detects calls to cmdlets that are used to export certificates from the local certificate store. Threat actors were seen abusing this to steal private keys from compromised machines.

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Detects changing the PowerShell script execution policy to a potentially insecure level using the "-ExecutionPolicy" flag.

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Detects changing the PowerShell script execution policy to a potentially insecure level using the "Set-ExecutionPolicy" cmdlet.

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Detects the execution of a Chromium based browser process with the "headless" flag and a URL pointing to the mockbin.org service (which can be used to exfiltrate data).

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Detects possible collection of data from the clipboard via execution of the osascript binary

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Detects CLR DLL being loaded by an Office Product

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Detects Windows command lines that miss a space before or after the /c flag when running a command using the cmd.exe. This could be a sign of obfuscation of a fat finger problem (typo by the developer).

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Detects various indicators of Microsoft Connection Manager Profile Installer execution

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Detects various indicators of Microsoft Connection Manager Profile Installer execution

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Detects various indicators of Microsoft Connection Manager Profile Installer execution

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Detects known malicious service installs that appear in cases in which a Cobalt Strike beacon elevates privileges or lateral movement

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Detects known malicious service installs that appear in cases in which a Cobalt Strike beacon elevates privileges or lateral movement

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Detects a suspicious command line execution that includes an URL and AppData string in the command line parameters as used by several droppers (js/vbs > powershell)

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Detects password change for the computer's domain account or host principal via "ksetup.exe"

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Detects execution of wmic utility with the "computersystem" flag in order to obtain information about the machine such as the domain, username, model, etc.

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Detects when the Console Window Host (conhost.exe) process is spawned by an uncommon parent process, which could be indicative of potential code injection activity.

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detects the usage of path traversal in conhost.exe indicating possible command/argument confusion/hijacking

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Detects the malicious use of a control panel item

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Detects usage of the "ConvertTo-SecureString" cmdlet via the commandline. Which is fairly uncommon and could indicate potential suspicious activity

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This rule detects suspicious files created by Microsoft Sync Center (mobsync)

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Detects well-known credential dumping tools execution via service execution events

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Detects well-known credential dumping tools execution via service execution events

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Detects a potentially suspicious parent of "csc.exe", which could be a sign of payload delivery.

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Detects Wscript/Cscript executing a file with an uncommon (i.e. non-script) extension

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Detects default CSExec service filename which indicates CSExec service installation and execution

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Detects CSExec service installation and execution events

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Detects execution of "curl.exe" with a potential custom "User-Agent". Attackers can leverage this to download or exfiltrate data via "curl" to a domain that only accept specific "User-Agent" strings

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Detects changes to the "Ports" registry key with data that includes a Windows path or a file with a suspicious extension. This could be an attempt to exploit CVE-2020-1048 - a Windows Print Spooler elevation of privilege vulnerability.

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Detects driver load events print service operational log that are a sign of successful exploitation attempts against print spooler vulnerability CVE-2021-1675

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Detects remote printer driver load from Detailed File Share in Security logs that are a sign of successful exploitation attempts against print spooler vulnerability CVE-2021-1675 and CVE-2021-34527

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Detects possible successful exploitation for vulnerability described in CVE-2021-26858 by looking for creation of non-standard files on disk by Exchange Server’s Unified Messaging service which could indicate dropping web shells or other malicious content

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Detects the creation of "msiexec.exe" in the "bin" directory of the ManageEngine SupportCenter Plus (Related to CVE-2021-44077) and public POC available (See references section)

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Detects the creation of a file with a double extension and a space by WinRAR. This could be a sign of exploitation of CVE-2023-38331

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Detects the creation of ".rev" files by WinRAR. Could be indicative of potential exploitation of CVE-2023-40477. Look for a suspicious execution shortly after creation or a WinRAR application crash.

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Detects a crash of "WinRAR.exe" where the version is lower than 6.23. This could indicate potential exploitation of CVE-2023-40477

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Detects attackers attempting to save, decrypt and execute the DarkGate Loader in C:\temp folder.

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Detects DarkSide Ransomware and helpers

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This rule detects execution of a PowerShell code through the sqlps.exe utility, which is included in the standard set of utilities supplied with the MSSQL Server. Script blocks are not logged in this case, so this utility helps to bypass protection mechanisms based on the analysis of these logs.

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Detects a method to load DLL via LSASS process using an undocumented Registry key

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Identifies clients that may be performing DNS lookups associated with common currency mining pools.

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Detects DNS queries initiated by "Regsvr32.exe"

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Detects exploitation of DNS RCE bug reported in CVE-2020-1350 by the detection of suspicious sub process

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Detects any assembly DLL being loaded by an Office Product

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Detects .NET CLR DLLs being loaded by scripting applications such as wscript or cscript. This could be an indication of potential suspicious execution.

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Detects download of certain file types from hosts in suspicious TLDs

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Detects executable downloads from suspicious remote systems

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Detects exploits that use CVE-2017-11882 to start EQNEDT32.EXE and other sub processes like mshta.exe

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Detects execution and usage of the DSInternals PowerShell module. Which can be used to perform what might be considered as suspicious activity such as dumping DPAPI backup keys or manipulating NTDS.DIT files. The DSInternals PowerShell Module exposes several internal features of Active Directory and Azure Active Directory. These include FIDO2 and NGC key auditing, offline ntds.dit file manipulation, password auditing, DC recovery from IFM backups and password hash calculation.

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Detects execution and usage of the DSInternals PowerShell module. Which can be used to perform what might be considered as suspicious activity such as dumping DPAPI backup keys or manipulating NTDS.DIT files. The DSInternals PowerShell Module exposes several internal features of Active Directory and Azure Active Directory. These include FIDO2 and NGC key auditing, offline ntds.dit file manipulation, password auditing, DC recovery from IFM backups and password hash calculation.

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Detects potential abuse of ntdsutil to dump ntds.dit database to a suspicious location

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Detects Elise backdoor activity used by APT32

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Detects common command used to enable bpf kprobes tracing

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Enable Dynamic Data Exchange protocol (DDE) in all supported editions of Microsoft Word or Excel.

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