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'Detects first connection to an unpopular website (possible malicious payload delivery).'
Jupyter, otherwise known as SolarMarker, is a malware family and cluster of components known for its info-stealing and backdoor capabilities that mainly proliferates through search engine optimization manipulation and malicious advertising in order to successfully encourage users to download malicious templates and documents. This malware has been popular since 2020 and currently is still active as of 2021.
This query looks for user content downloads from dropbox that originate from a link/redirect from a 3rd party site.
File sharing sites such as Dropbox are often used for hosting malware on a reputable site.
Read more about download URL data and about this attack vector in this blog post:.
Https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Threat-Intelligence/Hunting-tip-of-the-month-Browser-downloads/td-p/220454.
Tags: #DownloadUrl, #Referer, #Dropbox.
File sharing sites such as Dropbox are often used for hosting malware on a reputable site.
Read more about download URL data and about this attack vector in this blog post:.
Https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Threat-Intelligence/Hunting-tip-of-the-month-Browser-downloads/td-p/220454.
Tags: #DownloadUrl, #Referer, #Dropbox.
This query shows the source of the AV detections (e.g., the website the file was downloaded from etc.).
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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 helps reviewing zero day threats via URL and file detonations
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 This vulnerability was designated CVE-2018-20250, and it is associated an outdated version of the legacy ACE compression library, 'unacev2.dll'.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 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 checks for alerts related to file drop and remote execution where the file name matches PsExec and similar tools used for distribution
The pw protected zip attachment -> Word doc delivery method of Bazarloader utilizes Word to create an .hta file and launch it via MSHTA to connect to a malicious domain and pull down the Bazarloader paylaod.
Bazacall uses malicious Excel files to execute payloads on affected devices.
BazaCall is a campaign that manipulate users into calling a customer support center, where they are instructed to download an Excel file to unsubscribe from a phony service. When the user opens the Excel file, they are prompted to enable a malicious macro that infects their device with BazaLoader.
This query surfaces connections to the distinctive .xyz domains that the BazaCall campaign uses to host malicious Excel files.
This query surfaces connections to the distinctive .xyz domains that the BazaCall campaign uses to host malicious Excel files.
ZLoader was delivered in a campaign in late summer 2021. This campaign was tweeted by @MsftSecIntel on twitter.
This query was originally published in a threat analytics report about the group known to other security researchers as APT32 or OceanLotus
This tracked activity group uses a wide array of malicious documents to conduct attacks. Some of their favored techniques include sideloading dynamic link libraries, and disguising payloads as image files.
The following query detects network activity that may indicate an attack by this group.
See Detect malicious documents associated with group known as "OceanLotus" for another query related to this group's activity.
This tracked activity group uses a wide array of malicious documents to conduct attacks. Some of their favored techniques include sideloading dynamic link libraries, and disguising payloads as image files.
The following query detects network activity that may indicate an attack by this group.
See Detect malicious documents associated with group known as "OceanLotus" for another query related to this group's activity.
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.
// Author: jan geisbauer
// @janvonkirchheim
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// 1. A list of all devices that have this vulnerability
// 2. A list of all users that uses those devices
// 3. If these users received .mkv files recently
// @janvonkirchheim
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// 1. A list of all devices that have this vulnerability
// 2. A list of all users that uses those devices
// 3. If these users received .mkv files recently
This query was originally published in a threat analytics report about the group known to other security researchers as APT32 or OceanLotus
This tracked activity group uses a wide array of malicious documents to conduct attacks. Some of their favorite techniques include sideloading dynamic link libraries, and disguising payloads as image files. The group has weaponized files with exploits for the following vulnerabilities:
1. CVE-2017-11882 - Software update
2. CVE-2017-0199 - Software update
The following query detects known malicious files associated with the group's campaigns.
See Detect malicious network activity associated with group known as "OceanLotus" for another query related to this group's activity.
This tracked activity group uses a wide array of malicious documents to conduct attacks. Some of their favorite techniques include sideloading dynamic link libraries, and disguising payloads as image files. The group has weaponized files with exploits for the following vulnerabilities:
1. CVE-2017-11882 - Software update
2. CVE-2017-0199 - Software update
The following query detects known malicious files associated with the group's campaigns.
See Detect malicious network activity associated with group known as "OceanLotus" for another query related to this group's activity.
This query was originally published in the threat analytics report, Adwind utilizes Java for cross-platform impact.
Adwind is a remote access tool (RAT) that takes advantage of the cross-platform capabilities of the Java framework. It can check which operating system a target is running and adapt accordingly, allowing it to successfully compromise both Windows and macOS devices.
The query below must be run in Microsoft Defender XDR. This query detects events where a single Java archive, or JAR file, was attached to an incoming email. Since Adwind is distributed as a JAR file, this can help detect the initial access stage of a Adwind attack. Note that, although the behavior detected by this query is typical of attacks that use Adwind malware, unrelated attacks may use the same or similar techniques. Also note that JAR attachments are not necessarily or even often malware, and that further research will be needed to determine if query results are associated with malicious behavior.
See Hiding a Java class file for an additional query that detects behavior associated with Adwind attacks.
Adwind is a remote access tool (RAT) that takes advantage of the cross-platform capabilities of the Java framework. It can check which operating system a target is running and adapt accordingly, allowing it to successfully compromise both Windows and macOS devices.
The query below must be run in Microsoft Defender XDR. This query detects events where a single Java archive, or JAR file, was attached to an incoming email. Since Adwind is distributed as a JAR file, this can help detect the initial access stage of a Adwind attack. Note that, although the behavior detected by this query is typical of attacks that use Adwind malware, unrelated attacks may use the same or similar techniques. Also note that JAR attachments are not necessarily or even often malware, and that further research will be needed to determine if query results are associated with malicious behavior.
See Hiding a Java class file for an additional query that detects behavior associated with Adwind attacks.
'This query identifies matches based on KNOTWEED file hash IOCs across Microsoft Defender for Endpoint tables'
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
This query helps reviewing Phish detections done by some of the most frequent detection technologies in the last 7 days
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