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3,613 detections

The following analytic detects the execution of 7z.exe, a 7-Zip utility, spawned from rundll32.exe or dllhost.exe. This behavior is identified using Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) telemetry, focusing on process names and parent processes. This activity is significant as it may indicate an adversary attempting to use 7-Zip for data exfiltration, often by renaming the executable to evade detection. If confirmed malicious, this could lead to unauthorized data archiving and exfiltration, compromising sensitive information and potentially leading to further system exploitation.
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1 year ago
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This analytic identifies when an Office 365 email recipient receives and then deletes emails related to both password changes and banking/payroll changes within a short period. This behavior may indicate a compromised account where a threat actor is attempting to redirect the victim's payroll to an attacker-controlled bank account. The rule correlates message trace logs with management activity logs to detect the receipt and subsequent deletion of specific types of emails.
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1 year ago
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This analytic detects when an excessive number of files are accessed from Office 365 by the same user over a short period of time. This behavior may indicate an attacker staging data for exfiltration or an insider threat removing organizational data. The rule specifically looks for `fileaccessed` operations in the Office 365 Universal Audit Log, excluding SharePoint app access and common image file extensions. It then calculates the count of unique source file names accessed per user and flags users whose access count significantly exceeds the average (3 standard deviations above the mean) and is greater than 50 files. This can help identify malicious actors abusing "open in app" functionality or Graph API-based access to evade typical file download events.
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1 year ago
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The analytic detects when emails are accessed in Office 365 Exchange via the Microsoft Graph API using the client ID '00000003-0000-0000-c000-000000000000'. It leverages the 'MailItemsAccessed' operation within the Exchange workload, focusing on OAuth-authenticated applications. This activity is significant as unauthorized access to emails can lead to data breaches and information theft. If confirmed malicious, attackers could exfiltrate sensitive information, compromise user accounts, and further infiltrate the organization's network.
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1 year ago
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The analytic detects when a high number of Office 365 Exchange mailboxes are accessed via API (Microsoft Graph API or Exchange Web Services) within a short timeframe. It leverages 'MailItemsAccessed' operations in Exchange, using AppId and regex to identify API interactions. This activity is significant as it may indicate unauthorized mass email access, potentially signaling data exfiltration or account compromise. If confirmed malicious, attackers could gain access to sensitive information, leading to data breaches and further exploitation of compromised accounts. The threshold is set to flag over five unique mailboxes accessed within 10 minutes, but should be tailored to your environment.
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1 year ago
0052
The following analytic identifies potential AWS S3 exfiltration behavior by correlating multiple risk events related to Collection and Exfiltration techniques. It leverages risk events from AWS sources, focusing on instances where two or more unique analytics and distinct MITRE ATT&CK IDs are triggered for a specific risk object. This activity is significant as it may indicate an ongoing data exfiltration attempt, which is critical for security teams to monitor. If confirmed malicious, this could lead to unauthorized access and theft of sensitive information, compromising the organization's data integrity and confidentiality.
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1 year ago
1051
The following analytic identifies when an O365 email recipient receives and then deletes emails related to password or banking/payroll changes within a short period. This behavior may indicate a compromised account where the threat actor is attempting to redirect the victims payroll to an attacker controlled bank account.
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1 year ago
0051
This analytic detects when an excessive number of files are synced from Office 365 by the same user over a short period of time. This behavior may indicate an attacker staging data for exfiltration or an insider threat removing organizational data. The rule specifically looks for `filesyncdownload*` operations with a `UserAgent` containing `*SkyDriveSync*` and filters out cases where the `SiteUrl` matches the user's flat ID, which could be legitimate personal sync activity. A threshold of more than 50 unique source file names downloaded by a single user is used to trigger the alert. Additional attention should be taken with any Azure Guest (#EXT#) accounts.
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1 year ago
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The analytic detects the execution of 7z, 7za, or 7zr processes with command lines pointing to SMB network shares. This activity may indicate an attempt to archive and exfiltrate sensitive files to a network share, a technique observed in CONTI LEAK tools. If confirmed malicious, this behavior could lead to data exfiltration, compromising sensitive information and potentially aiding further attacks.
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1 year ago
0051
The analytic identifies a spike in API activity related to the deletion of S3 buckets in an AWS environment. It uses AWS CloudTrail logs to detect anomalies by comparing current deletion activity against a historical baseline. Unusual spikes in S3 bucket deletions could indicate malicious actions such as data exfiltration or unauthorized data destruction, leading to significant data loss, disruption of services, and potential exposure of sensitive information. Immediate investigation is required to determine the legitimacy of the activity.
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1 year ago
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This analytic detects when an excessive number of files are downloaded from Office 365 by the same user over a short period of time. Office 365 may bundle these files together as a ZIP file, however each file will have its own download event. This behavior may indicate an attacker staging data for exfiltration or an insider threat removing organizational data. Additional attention should be taken with any Azure Guest (#EXT#) accounts.
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1 year ago
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This analytic detects previously unseen processes within the Kubernetes environment on master or worker nodes. It leverages process metrics collected via an OTEL collector and hostmetrics receiver, with data pulled from Splunk Observability Cloud. The detection compares processes observed in the last hour against those seen in the previous 30 days. Identifying new processes is crucial as they may indicate unauthorized activity or attempts to compromise the node. If confirmed malicious, these processes could lead to data exfiltration, privilege escalation, denial-of-service attacks, or the introduction of malware, posing significant risks to the Kubernetes cluster.
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1 year ago
0047
This analytic identifies when built-in Microsoft 365 security detections for suspicious email behaviors are triggered. These alerts often indicate that an attacker may have compromised a mailbox within the environment, leading to activities such as suspicious email sending patterns, user restrictions from sending email, suspicious email forwarding activity, or email sending limits being exceeded. Monitoring these alerts is crucial for responding to potential account compromises and malicious email activities.
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1 year ago
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The following analytic detects the installation of a root CA certificate by monitoring specific registry paths for SetValue events. It leverages data from the Endpoint datamodel, focusing on registry paths containing "certificates" and registry values named "Blob." This activity is significant because unauthorized root CA certificates can compromise the integrity of encrypted communications and facilitate man-in-the-middle attacks. If confirmed malicious, this could allow an attacker to intercept, decrypt, or manipulate sensitive data, leading to severe security breaches.
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1 year ago
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This analytic identifies when a user with sufficient access to Exchange Online alters the mail flow/transport rule configuration of the organization. Transport rules are a set of rules that can be used by attackers to modify or delete emails based on specific conditions. This activity could indicate an attacker hiding or exfiltrating data by manipulating email flow.
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1 year ago
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This rule detects the creation of new mail flow rules in Office 365 that are configured to redirect or copy emails to unauthorized or external addresses. It specifically looks for the "New-TransportRule" operation in Office 365 Management Activity logs, combined with parameters such as "BlindCopyTo", "CopyTo", or "RedirectMessageTo". Such activity can indicate potential data exfiltration, unauthorized access to sensitive information, or an attacker attempting to intercept email communications, which could lead to data breaches or information leakage.
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1 year ago
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This analytic detects email files (.pst or .ost) being created outside the standard Outlook directories. This activity is significant as it may indicate data exfiltration or unauthorized access to email data. If confirmed malicious, an attacker could potentially access sensitive email content, leading to data breaches or further exploitation within the network.
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1 year ago
1045
The following analytic identifies the creation of open/public S3 buckets in AWS. It detects this activity by analyzing AWS CloudTrail events for `PutBucketAcl` actions where the access control list (ACL) grants permissions to all users or authenticated users. This activity is significant because open S3 buckets can expose sensitive data to unauthorized access, leading to data breaches. If confirmed malicious, an attacker could read, write, or fully control the contents of the bucket, potentially leading to data exfiltration or tampering.
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1 year ago
1045
The following analytic detects instances where the inbox folder of an Office 365 mailbox is shared with all users within the tenant. It leverages Office 365 management activity events to identify when the 'Inbox' folder permissions are modified to include 'Everyone' with read rights. This activity is significant as it represents a potential security risk, allowing unauthorized access to sensitive emails. If confirmed malicious, this could lead to data breaches, exfiltration of confidential information, and further compromise through spear-phishing or other malicious activities based on the accessed email content.
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1 year ago
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The analytic detects ARP Poisoning attacks by monitoring for Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI) errors on Cisco network devices. It leverages logs from Cisco devices, specifically looking for events where the ARP inspection feature has disabled an interface due to suspicious activity. This activity is significant because ARP Poisoning can allow attackers to intercept, modify, or disrupt network traffic, leading to potential data breaches or denial of service. If confirmed malicious, this could enable attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks, compromising the integrity and confidentiality of network communications.
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1 year ago
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The analytic identifies a significant increase in data transfers from an email server to client hosts. It uses statistical analysis on network traffic to detect anomalies based on average and standard deviation of outbound bytes. This activity is significant as it may indicate a malicious actor exfiltrating data via the email server, potentially leading to unauthorized data access and breaches.
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1 year ago
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