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This query was originally published in the threat analytics report, EvilQuest signals the rise of Mac ransomware.
As of the time of this writing (October 2020), ransomware designed to target macOS is relatively rare. EvilQuest is one of the few examples of this kind of malware on the platform.
The query below can detect the creation of a ransom note according to the typical methods of EvilQuest operators. The command the query searches for is associated with, but not definitely indicative of, EvilQuest infections.
Other queries related to EvilQuest ransomware can be found under the See also section below.
As of the time of this writing (October 2020), ransomware designed to target macOS is relatively rare. EvilQuest is one of the few examples of this kind of malware on the platform.
The query below can detect the creation of a ransom note according to the typical methods of EvilQuest operators. The command the query searches for is associated with, but not definitely indicative of, EvilQuest infections.
Other queries related to EvilQuest ransomware can be found under the See also section below.
Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) programs are IT to manage remote endpoints. Attackers have begun to abuse these programs to persist or provide C2 channels.
https://github.com/jischell-msft/RemoteManagementMonitoringTools
https://github.com/jischell-msft/RemoteManagementMonitoringTools
This query was originally published in the threat analytics report, ALPC local privilege elevation.
Windows ALPC Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, CVE-2018-8440, could be exploited to run arbitrary code or to gain access to protected directories and areas of the operating system.
This vulnerability was patched in the September 2018 Security Update.
The following query checks for potential activity related to this vulnerability over the past 7 days. If you wish to check another time period, update the EventTime value.
References:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8440
https://support.microsoft.com/help/4457143/windows-81-update-kb4457143
Windows ALPC Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, CVE-2018-8440, could be exploited to run arbitrary code or to gain access to protected directories and areas of the operating system.
This vulnerability was patched in the September 2018 Security Update.
The following query checks for potential activity related to this vulnerability over the past 7 days. If you wish to check another time period, update the EventTime value.
References:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8440
https://support.microsoft.com/help/4457143/windows-81-update-kb4457143
Use this query to find attempts to access files in the local path containing Outlook emails.
Original Sigma Rule: https://github.com/Neo23x0/sigma/blob/master/rules/apt/apt_unidentified_nov_18.yml.
Questions via Twitter: @janvonkirchheim.
Questions via Twitter: @janvonkirchheim.
This query searches for the HASHs of the FireEye Red Team tools compromised by the Nobelium activity group.
See all-hashes.csv on the official FireEye repo.
References:
https://github.com/fireeye/red_team_tool_countermeasures/blob/master/all-hashes.csv
https://github.com/fireeye
See all-hashes.csv on the official FireEye repo.
References:
https://github.com/fireeye/red_team_tool_countermeasures/blob/master/all-hashes.csv
https://github.com/fireeye
Snip3 is a family of related remote access trojans. Although the malware in this family contain numerous small variations, they all exhibit similar behaviors and techniques.
The following query looks for the method that Snip3 malware use to obfuscate PowerShell commands with UTF8 encoding. This technique is intended to evade detection from security products, and avoids the more standard switches used for encoding in malware such as Emotet.
At present, this method of encoding is much more rare, being seen largely with loader installation of RevengeRAT, AsyncRAT and other RATs used in campaigns targeting the aviation industry.
The following query looks for the method that Snip3 malware use to obfuscate PowerShell commands with UTF8 encoding. This technique is intended to evade detection from security products, and avoids the more standard switches used for encoding in malware such as Emotet.
At present, this method of encoding is much more rare, being seen largely with loader installation of RevengeRAT, AsyncRAT and other RATs used in campaigns targeting the aviation industry.
This query was originally published in the threat analytics report, Exploitation of CVE-2019-0708 (BlueKeep).
CVE-2019-0708, also known as BlueKeep, is a critical remote code execution vulnerability involving RDP. Soon after its disclosure, the NSA issued a rare advisory about this vulnerability, out of concern that it could be used to quickly spread malware. Attackers have since used this vulnerability to install cryptocurrency miners on targets.
Microsoft has issued updates for this vulnerability, as well as guidance for protecting operating systems that we no longer support. Microsoft Defender ATP also contains behavioral detections for defending against this threat.
The following query locates devices where the known coin miner payload was dropped.
References:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0708
https://www.nsa.gov/News-Features/News-Stories/Article-View/Article/1865726/nsa-cybersecurity-advisory-patch-remote-desktop-services-on-legacy-versions-of/
https://www.wired.com/story/bluekeep-hacking-cryptocurrency-mining/
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0708
https://support.microsoft.com/help/4500705/customer-guidance-for-cve-2019-0708
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2019/11/07/the-new-cve-2019-0708-rdp-exploit-attacks-explained/
CVE-2019-0708, also known as BlueKeep, is a critical remote code execution vulnerability involving RDP. Soon after its disclosure, the NSA issued a rare advisory about this vulnerability, out of concern that it could be used to quickly spread malware. Attackers have since used this vulnerability to install cryptocurrency miners on targets.
Microsoft has issued updates for this vulnerability, as well as guidance for protecting operating systems that we no longer support. Microsoft Defender ATP also contains behavioral detections for defending against this threat.
The following query locates devices where the known coin miner payload was dropped.
References:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0708
https://www.nsa.gov/News-Features/News-Stories/Article-View/Article/1865726/nsa-cybersecurity-advisory-patch-remote-desktop-services-on-legacy-versions-of/
https://www.wired.com/story/bluekeep-hacking-cryptocurrency-mining/
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0708
https://support.microsoft.com/help/4500705/customer-guidance-for-cve-2019-0708
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2019/11/07/the-new-cve-2019-0708-rdp-exploit-attacks-explained/
Query #1 - Find the machines on which this file was seen.
TODO - set file hash to be a SHA1 hash of your choice...
TODO - set file hash to be a SHA1 hash of your choice...
Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) programs are IT to manage remote endpoints. Attackers have begun to abuse these programs to persist or provide C2 channels.
https://github.com/jischell-msft/RemoteManagementMonitoringTools
https://github.com/jischell-msft/RemoteManagementMonitoringTools
This query was originally published in the threat analytics report, Multiple EOP flaws in Dell driver (CVE-2021-21551).
CVE-2021-21551 is a vulnerability found in dbutil_2_3.sys, a driver distributed with Dell firmware updates and tools. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges on a compromised device. The following query can detect if the affected driver has been added to a device's \temp folders.
Reference - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21551
CVE-2021-21551 is a vulnerability found in dbutil_2_3.sys, a driver distributed with Dell firmware updates and tools. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges on a compromised device. The following query can detect if the affected driver has been added to a device's \temp folders.
Reference - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21551
These queries was originally published in the threat analytics report, Attacks on gov't, think tanks, NGOs.
As described further in Analysis of cyberattack on U.S. think tanks, non-profits, public sector by unidentified attackers, there was a very large spear-phishing campaign launched in November 2019.
The attackers would gain access to a target by having the user click on a link to a compromised website and download a .zip archive.
Once established on a target's device, the attackers used a malicious DLL named cyzfc.dat to execute additional payloads. They would call a function in the malicious DLL via the legitimate Windows process, rundll32.exe, to connect directly to their command-and-control (C2) servers.
The following queries detect activity associated with the malicious DLL, cyzfc.dat., used in this campaign.
Reference - https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/rundll32
As described further in Analysis of cyberattack on U.S. think tanks, non-profits, public sector by unidentified attackers, there was a very large spear-phishing campaign launched in November 2019.
The attackers would gain access to a target by having the user click on a link to a compromised website and download a .zip archive.
Once established on a target's device, the attackers used a malicious DLL named cyzfc.dat to execute additional payloads. They would call a function in the malicious DLL via the legitimate Windows process, rundll32.exe, to connect directly to their command-and-control (C2) servers.
The following queries detect activity associated with the malicious DLL, cyzfc.dat., used in this campaign.
Reference - https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/rundll32
Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) programs are IT to manage remote endpoints. Attackers have begun to abuse these programs to persist or provide C2 channels.
https://github.com/jischell-msft/RemoteManagementMonitoringTools
https://github.com/jischell-msft/RemoteManagementMonitoringTools
Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) programs are IT to manage remote endpoints. Attackers have begun to abuse these programs to persist or provide C2 channels.
https://github.com/jischell-msft/RemoteManagementMonitoringTools
https://github.com/jischell-msft/RemoteManagementMonitoringTools
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 with the .ace extension.
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 with the .ace extension.
Reference - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20250
This query checks for alerts related to file drop and remote execution where the file name matches PsExec and similar tools used for distribution
Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) programs are IT to manage remote endpoints. Attackers have begun to abuse these programs to persist or provide C2 channels.
https://github.com/jischell-msft/RemoteManagementMonitoringTools
https://github.com/jischell-msft/RemoteManagementMonitoringTools
'This hunting query looks for file paths/hashes related to observed activity by Dev-0228. The actor is known to use custom version of popular tool like PsExec, Procdump etc. to carry its activity.
The risk score associated with each result is based on a number of factors, hosts with higher risk events should be investigated first.'
The risk score associated with each result is based on a number of factors, hosts with higher risk events should be investigated first.'
Identifies SolarWinds SUNBURST and SUPERNOVA backdoor file hash IOCs in File Events
To use this analytics rule, make sure you have deployed the [ASIM normalization parsers](https://aka.ms/ASimFileEvent)
References:
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor.html
- https://gist.github.com/olafhartong/71ffdd4cab4b6acd5cbcd1a0691ff82f
To use this analytics rule, make sure you have deployed the [ASIM normalization parsers](https://aka.ms/ASimFileEvent)
References:
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor.html
- https://gist.github.com/olafhartong/71ffdd4cab4b6acd5cbcd1a0691ff82f
Intent:
- Use MTP capability to look for insider threat potential risk indicators
- Indicators would then serve as the building block for insider threat risk modeling in subsequent tools
Definition of Insider Threat:
"The potential for an individual who has or had authorized access to an organization's assets to use their access, either maliciously or unintentionally, to act in a way that could negatively affect the organization."
This collection of queries describes the different indicators that could be used to model and look for patterns suggesting an increased risk of an individual becoming a potential insider threat.
Note: no single indicator should be used as a lone determinant of insider threat activity, but should be part of an overall program to understand the increased risk to your organization's critical assets. This in turn is used to feed an investigation by a formal insider threat program to look at the context associated with the whole person to understand the implication of a set of indicators.
- Use MTP capability to look for insider threat potential risk indicators
- Indicators would then serve as the building block for insider threat risk modeling in subsequent tools
Definition of Insider Threat:
"The potential for an individual who has or had authorized access to an organization's assets to use their access, either maliciously or unintentionally, to act in a way that could negatively affect the organization."
This collection of queries describes the different indicators that could be used to model and look for patterns suggesting an increased risk of an individual becoming a potential insider threat.
Note: no single indicator should be used as a lone determinant of insider threat activity, but should be part of an overall program to understand the increased risk to your organization's critical assets. This in turn is used to feed an investigation by a formal insider threat program to look at the context associated with the whole person to understand the implication of a set of indicators.
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