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Ethan Andrews

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Detects Microsoft Edge launched with command-line arguments used to hide the browser window (headless mode or off-screen positioning) in conjunction with a Base64-encoded HTML data URI. This technique was observed in the APT28 "Operation MacroMaze" campaign to execute payloads stealthily.
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Ethan Andrews@eandrews
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Federal Signal Detections
9 months ago
8047
Detects when a known OpenClaw AI agent process executes commands associated with credential access or system discovery. This behavior can indicate a "0-click" prompt injection attack, where the agent is manipulated into executing malicious commands received through external data streams like emails or IM messages.
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Ethan Andrews@eandrews
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Federal Signal Detections
9 months ago
350243
This rule identifies command-line arguments that contain both a Markdown (.md) file extension and a suspicious URI scheme. This pattern is indicative of an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities, such as CVE-2026-20841, where specially crafted files are opened via the command line to trigger malicious links or actions through specific URI handlers.
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Ethan Andrews@eandrews
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Federal Signal Detections
9 months ago
220139
Detects a Python process spawning pip to install multiple libraries (requests, pycryptodome, psutil) in a short time frame, a behavior associated with the Arkanix Stealer's Python loader.
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Ethan Andrews@eandrews
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Federal Signal Detections
9 months ago
3018
Detects the creation of 'hvnc.py' in the Windows Startup folder, a persistence technique used by the Arkanix Stealer's HVNC module.
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Ethan Andrews@eandrews
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Federal Signal Detections
9 months ago
1017
Detects the creation of multiple files with the same GUID-like name but different extensions (VBS, BAT, CMD, HTM, XHTML) within a short time frame in the user profile directory. This pattern is characteristic of the APT28 "Operation MacroMaze" dropper behavior.
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Ethan Andrews@eandrews
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Federal Signal Detections
9 months ago
5042
Detects the creation of multiple files with the same GUID-like name but different extensions (VBS, BAT, CMD, HTM, XHTML) within a short time frame in the user profile directory. This pattern is characteristic of the APT28 "Operation MacroMaze" dropper behavior.
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Ethan Andrews@eandrews
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Federal Signal Detections
9 months ago
5041
Detects outbound network traffic to known infrastructure used in OpenClaw malicious skill delivery or credential exfiltration. These IOCs were identified in the NSFOCUS report on OpenClaw security risks.
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Ethan Andrews@eandrews
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Federal Signal Detections
9 months ago
160162
Detects exploitation of CVE-2026-25157 where the OpenClaw AI agent is manipulated to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious SSH target string. The vulnerability allows an attacker to inject command-line options like '-oProxyCommand' into the SSH client, leading to local command execution.
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Ethan Andrews@eandrews
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Federal Signal Detections
9 months ago
150156
This rule detects attempts to add a file or path exclusion to Microsoft Defender using the WMI command-line tool (wmic.exe/wmice.exe). This is a known defense evasion technique used by malware like MKDOOR to prevent detection.
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Ethan Andrews@eandrews
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Federal Signal Detections
9 months ago
190130
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