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This query was originally published in the threat analytics report, Doppelpaymer: More human-operated ransomware. There is also a related blog.
DoppelPaymer is ransomware that is spread manually by human operators. These operators have exhibited extensive knowledge of system administration and common network security misconfigurations. They often use stolen credentials from over-privileged service accounts to turn off security software, run malicious commands, and spread malware throughout an organization. More specifically, they use common remote execution tools, such as PsExec, to move laterally and distribute ransomware.
The following query detects suspicious usage of PsExec to create files on a remote device.
The See also section below lists links to other queries associated with DoppelPaymer.
References:
https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/11/20/customer-guidance-for-the-dopplepaymer-ransomware/
https://www.microsoft.com/wdsi/threats/malware-encyclopedia-description?Name=Trojan:Win32/DoppelPaymer!MTB&threatId=-2147205372
https://docs.microsoft.com/sysinternals/downloads/psexec
DoppelPaymer is ransomware that is spread manually by human operators. These operators have exhibited extensive knowledge of system administration and common network security misconfigurations. They often use stolen credentials from over-privileged service accounts to turn off security software, run malicious commands, and spread malware throughout an organization. More specifically, they use common remote execution tools, such as PsExec, to move laterally and distribute ransomware.
The following query detects suspicious usage of PsExec to create files on a remote device.
The See also section below lists links to other queries associated with DoppelPaymer.
References:
https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/11/20/customer-guidance-for-the-dopplepaymer-ransomware/
https://www.microsoft.com/wdsi/threats/malware-encyclopedia-description?Name=Trojan:Win32/DoppelPaymer!MTB&threatId=-2147205372
https://docs.microsoft.com/sysinternals/downloads/psexec
This query shows the source of the AV detections (e.g., the website the file was downloaded from etc.).
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This query was originally published in the threat analytics report, OSX/SurfBuyer adware campaign.
It will return results if a shell script has furtively attempted to decode and save a file to a /tmp folder.
If discovered on your system, this kind of activity might be associated with SurfBuyer, which is adware that installs a browser extension to take control of several major web browsers, including Safari, Google Chrome, and Firefox.
It will return results if a shell script has furtively attempted to decode and save a file to a /tmp folder.
If discovered on your system, this kind of activity might be associated with SurfBuyer, which is adware that installs a browser extension to take control of several major web browsers, including Safari, Google Chrome, and Firefox.
This query was originally published in the threat analytics report, Solorigate supply chain attack. Please note that these attacks are currently known as the Nobelium campaign.
Microsoft detects the 2020 SolarWinds supply chain attack implant and its other components as part of a campaign by the Nobelium activity group. Nobelium is the threat actor behind the attack against SolarWinds, which was previously referred to as Solorigate.
Nobelium silently added malicious code to legitimate software updates for Orion, which is IT monitoring software provided by SolarWinds. In this way, malicious dynamic link libraries (DLLs) were distributed to SolarWinds customers.
The following query locates malicious Nobelium-associated DLLs that have been created in the system or locally.
More Nobelium-related queries can be found listed under the See also section of this document.
References:
https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2020/12/13/customer-guidance-on-recent-nation-state-cyber-attacks/
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/12/18/analyzing-solorigate-the-compromised-dll-file-that-started-a-sophisticated-cyberattack-and-how-microsoft-defender-helps-protect/
Microsoft detects the 2020 SolarWinds supply chain attack implant and its other components as part of a campaign by the Nobelium activity group. Nobelium is the threat actor behind the attack against SolarWinds, which was previously referred to as Solorigate.
Nobelium silently added malicious code to legitimate software updates for Orion, which is IT monitoring software provided by SolarWinds. In this way, malicious dynamic link libraries (DLLs) were distributed to SolarWinds customers.
The following query locates malicious Nobelium-associated DLLs that have been created in the system or locally.
More Nobelium-related queries can be found listed under the See also section of this document.
References:
https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2020/12/13/customer-guidance-on-recent-nation-state-cyber-attacks/
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/12/18/analyzing-solorigate-the-compromised-dll-file-that-started-a-sophisticated-cyberattack-and-how-microsoft-defender-helps-protect/
The query digs in Windows print spooler drivers folder for any file creations,
MANY OF THE FILES THAT SHOULD COME UP HERE MAY BE LEGIT. Suspicious DLL is load from Spooler Service backup folder.
This behavior is used from PoC Exploit of CVE-2021-34527, CVE-2021-1675 or CVE-2022-21999.
MANY OF THE FILES THAT SHOULD COME UP HERE MAY BE LEGIT. Suspicious DLL is load from Spooler Service backup folder.
This behavior is used from PoC Exploit of CVE-2021-34527, CVE-2021-1675 or CVE-2022-21999.
Look for the creation of suspicious DLL files spawned in the \spool\ folder along with DLLs that were recently loaded afterwards from \Old.
This query was originally published in the threat analytics report, WinRAR CVE-2018-20250 exploit
WinRAR is a third-party file compressing application. Versions 5.61 and earlier contained a flaw that could be exploited by an attacker to read and write to an arbitrary path on the target's system. This could be used to run arbitrary code, overwrite system files, or access sensitive information. This vulnerability was designated CVE-2018-20250, and it is associated an outdated version of the legacy ACE compression library, 'unacev2.dll'.
The following query detects possible CVE-2020-20250 exploitation by looking for files created in the Startup folder.
Reference - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20250
WinRAR is a third-party file compressing application. Versions 5.61 and earlier contained a flaw that could be exploited by an attacker to read and write to an arbitrary path on the target's system. This could be used to run arbitrary code, overwrite system files, or access sensitive information. This vulnerability was designated CVE-2018-20250, and it is associated an outdated version of the legacy ACE compression library, 'unacev2.dll'.
The following query detects possible CVE-2020-20250 exploitation by looking for files created in the Startup folder.
Reference - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20250
'This query identifies modifications to COM registry keys to point to executable files in C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color\'
This query was originally published in the threat analytics report, Emulation-evading JavaScripts.
Attackers in several ransomware campaigns have employed heavily obfuscated JavaScript code, in order to implant malware or execute malicious commands. The obfuscation is intended to help the code evade security systems and potentially escape sandbox environments.
The following query detects the creation of files with a .jse extension. Certain ransomware campaigns, such as Emotet, are known to employ encrypted JavaScript code that is saved to the target as .jse files.
See Detect potentially malicious .jse launch by File Explorer or Word for a similar technique.
Reference - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2017/11/06/mitigating-and-eliminating-info-stealing-qakbot-and-emotet-in-corporate-networks/
Attackers in several ransomware campaigns have employed heavily obfuscated JavaScript code, in order to implant malware or execute malicious commands. The obfuscation is intended to help the code evade security systems and potentially escape sandbox environments.
The following query detects the creation of files with a .jse extension. Certain ransomware campaigns, such as Emotet, are known to employ encrypted JavaScript code that is saved to the target as .jse files.
See Detect potentially malicious .jse launch by File Explorer or Word for a similar technique.
Reference - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2017/11/06/mitigating-and-eliminating-info-stealing-qakbot-and-emotet-in-corporate-networks/
This query is using the locations where malicious DLL images are often loaded from by regsvr32.dll and rundll32.exe.
Blog:
https://threathunt.blog/dll-image-loads-from-suspicious-locations-by-regsvr32-exe-rundll32-exe/
Blog:
https://threathunt.blog/dll-image-loads-from-suspicious-locations-by-regsvr32-exe-rundll32-exe/
Finding attackers hiding malware in the recycle bin.
Read more here: https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/how-azure-security-center-helps-reveal-a-cyberattack/.
Tags: #execution #SuspiciousPath.
Read more here: https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/how-azure-security-center-helps-reveal-a-cyberattack/.
Tags: #execution #SuspiciousPath.
The query checks for suspicious Tomcat process launches associated with likely exploitation of Confluence - CVE-2022-26134
Read more here:.
https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-security-advisory-2022-06-02-1130377146.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26134
Tags: #exploit #CVE-2022-26134
Read more here:.
https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-security-advisory-2022-06-02-1130377146.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26134
Tags: #exploit #CVE-2022-26134
'This detection highlights executables deployed to hosts via either the Default Domain or Default Domain Controller Policies. These policies apply to all hosts or Domain Controllers and best practice is that these policies should not be used for deployment of files.
A threat actor may use these policies to deploy files or scripts to all hosts in a domain.
This query uses the ASIM parsers and will need them deployed before usage - https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/sentinel/normalization'
A threat actor may use these policies to deploy files or scripts to all hosts in a domain.
This query uses the ASIM parsers and will need them deployed before usage - https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/sentinel/normalization'
This query looks for a Word document attachment, from which a link was clicked, and after which there was a browser download.
This query is not noisy, but most of its results are clean.
It can also hserve as reference for other queries on email attachments, on browser downloads or for queries that join multiple events by time.
Tags: #EmailAttachment, #WordLink, #BrowserDownload, #Phishing, #DedupFileCreate.
Implementation comment #1: Matching events by time.
Matching the 3 different events (saving attachment, clicking on link, downloading file) is done purely by time difference - so could sometimes link together unrelated events.
Doing a more exact lookup would create a much more complex query due to.
Implementation comment #2: Deduping DeviceFileEvents.
Oftentimes there are multiple DeviceFileEvents for a single file - e.g. if the file keeps being appended into before being closed.
So, we query only for the last reported file state to ignore intermediate file states.
Explaining the underlying data:.
BrowserLaunchedToOpenUrl event:.
This query uses the BrowserLaunchedToOpenUrl event, that includes clicks on http:// or https:// links (clicks outside of browsers), or on .lnk files.
For this event, RemoteUrl contains the opened URL.
This query is not noisy, but most of its results are clean.
It can also hserve as reference for other queries on email attachments, on browser downloads or for queries that join multiple events by time.
Tags: #EmailAttachment, #WordLink, #BrowserDownload, #Phishing, #DedupFileCreate.
Implementation comment #1: Matching events by time.
Matching the 3 different events (saving attachment, clicking on link, downloading file) is done purely by time difference - so could sometimes link together unrelated events.
Doing a more exact lookup would create a much more complex query due to.
Implementation comment #2: Deduping DeviceFileEvents.
Oftentimes there are multiple DeviceFileEvents for a single file - e.g. if the file keeps being appended into before being closed.
So, we query only for the last reported file state to ignore intermediate file states.
Explaining the underlying data:.
BrowserLaunchedToOpenUrl event:.
This query uses the BrowserLaunchedToOpenUrl event, that includes clicks on http:// or https:// links (clicks outside of browsers), or on .lnk files.
For this event, RemoteUrl contains the opened URL.
LemonDuck is an actively updated and robust malware primarily known for its botnet and cryptocurrency mining objectives. First discovered in 2019, LemonDuck has since adopted more sophisticated behavior and escalated its operations in 2021. Today, beyond using resources for its traditional bot and mining activities, LemonDuck steals credentials, removes security controls, spreads via emails, moves laterally, and ultimately drops more tools for human-operated activity.
'This query looks for writes of PE files to C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color\.
This is a common directory used by malware, as well as some legitimate programs, and writes of PE files to the folder should be monitored.
Ref: https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/07/27/untangling-knotweed-european-private-sector-offensive-actor-using-0-day-exploits/'
This is a common directory used by malware, as well as some legitimate programs, and writes of PE files to the folder should be monitored.
Ref: https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/07/27/untangling-knotweed-european-private-sector-offensive-actor-using-0-day-exploits/'
The following query look for suspicious behaviors observed by the samples analyzed in the report.
This query was originally published in the threat analytics report, Windows 7 zero-day for CVE-2019-0808
CVE-2019-0808 is a vulnerability that allows an attacker to escape the Windows security sandbox and run arbitrary code with admin privileges. This vulnerability affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Exploits for CVE-2019-0808 were first observed as part of highly selective attacks using the Nufsys backdoor. Although the Nufsys-associated exploit was first described as a zero-day, the issue has since been patched.
The following query detects possible CVE-2019-0808 exploitation by finding suspicious file creation events associated with Nufsys.
References:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0808
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0808
CVE-2019-0808 is a vulnerability that allows an attacker to escape the Windows security sandbox and run arbitrary code with admin privileges. This vulnerability affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Exploits for CVE-2019-0808 were first observed as part of highly selective attacks using the Nufsys backdoor. Although the Nufsys-associated exploit was first described as a zero-day, the issue has since been patched.
The following query detects possible CVE-2019-0808 exploitation by finding suspicious file creation events associated with Nufsys.
References:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0808
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0808
Identify masqueraded DLLHost.exe file created by PowerShell.
Show usb mounted and files copied
The following analytic detects the creation of the doas.conf file on a Linux host. This file is used by the doas utility to allow standard users to perform tasks as root, similar to sudo. The detection leverages Linux Auditd data, focusing on the creation of the doas.conf file. This activity is significant because it can indicate an attempt to gain elevated privileges, potentially by an adversary. If confirmed malicious, this could allow an attacker to execute commands with root commands with root privileges, leading to full system compromise.
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