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Arnold Chan

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This rule detects suspicious file operations (creation, modification, or renaming) initiated by MsMpEng.exe (Microsoft Defender Antivirus) involving specific indicators related to ELAM (Early Launch Anti-Malware) or 'ShieldCrash' components. These indicators often suggest tampering attempts or the presence of tools designed to interfere with Defender's security operations by targeting its configuration, staging, or protected storage locations.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Detection & Hunting Community
2 months ago
404
Detects high-frequency file creation, modification, or renaming activity involving files with the specific '.df_win' extension, likely indicative of mass encryption activity or automated ransomware behavior. The rule excludes known backup and security software processes to reduce noise.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Detections.ai Community
2 months ago
004
This rule detects potentially malicious activity where multiple critical processes (such as database engines or email clients) are terminated in a short time frame, correlated with a high volume of file creation or modification events on the same device. This behavior is indicative of destructive activity, such as ransomware encrypting data stores or disabling defensive software.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
Defender - KQL
2 months ago
204
Detects multiple methods of tampering with Windows security controls, including disabling Windows SmartScreen via registry, bulk removal of Mark-of-the-Web (Zone.Identifier) via scripting, and disabling driver signature enforcement (TestSigning/NoIntegrityChecks) using BCDedit. These actions are indicative of an adversary attempting to bypass security protections to facilitate the execution of untrusted or malicious code.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Detections.ai Community
2 months ago
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Detects msiexec.exe executing from the Temp directory with suspicious command-line arguments (such as hidden windows) and spawning child processes like cmd.exe, tasklist.exe, or taskkill.exe. This behavior is often indicative of malicious installation scripts attempting to perform discovery or terminate security processes while remaining stealthy.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Midnight Slayer
2 months ago
103
This rule detects instances where a process named 'wsc_updata.exe' executing from a Temp directory loads a library named 'wsc.dll'. This behavior is characteristic of DLL side-loading or DLL hijacking, where a malicious or potentially unwanted executable attempts to load a library from a user-writable directory to execute arbitrary code.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Detection & Hunting Community
2 months ago
003
This rule detects potentially malicious activity associated with removable media (USB drives) by identifying two distinct patterns: first, the creation of an 'autorun.inf' file on a removable drive followed by the execution of a script or executable from that same drive shortly after. Second, it identifies executables appearing on removable media that are launched across multiple distinct hosts within a one-hour window, which may indicate worm-like spreading or mass-malware distribution via portable storage.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Midnight Slayer
2 months ago
005
Detects TCP connections on standard web ports from internal hosts to known IronToll C2 IPs on Tencent/Alibaba Cloud. Scoped to web ports and an established handshake, with a per-source hourly alert cap to reduce repeat noise.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Detection & Hunting Community
2 months ago
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Detects TCP connections on standard web ports from internal hosts to known IronToll C2 IPs on Tencent/Alibaba Cloud. Scoped to web ports and an established handshake, with a per-source hourly alert cap to reduce repeat noise.
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Midnight Slayer
2 months ago
002
Detects DNS queries for lookalike domains combining a government/brand-impersonation keyword (as its own label, not a substring) with a disposable TLD used across the IronToll campaign. Dropped the standalone 'digital' keyword, which was generic enough to match ordinary e-commerce domains on the same TLDs.
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Midnight Slayer
2 months ago
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