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Georg Lauenstein

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211 detections

Detects Qilin ransomware attack chain where DLL sideloading via msimg32.dll is followed by malicious driver installation on the same host
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
7 months ago
10115
Detects Qilin ransomware attack chain where DLL sideloading via msimg32.dll is followed by malicious driver installation on the same host
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
7 months ago
0090
Detects mass service termination targeting backup, database, and virtualization services. The Gentlemen stop Veeam, SQL, Oracle, SAP, Acronis, BackupExec, PostgreSQL, Docker, and VMware services before encryption.
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
7 months ago
20122
Detects Qilin ransomware attack chain where DLL sideloading via msimg32.dll is followed by malicious driver installation on the same host
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
7 months ago
0072
Detects execution of BRICKSTORM malware components including BRICKSTEAL credential harvester, pg_update, vmp utilities, and SLAYSTYLE tools used in vSphere infrastructure attacks.
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
7 months ago
0063
Detects The Gentlemen ransomware execution. The ransomware requires a --password flag (8-byte key) and optionally --path for targeted encryption. Creates README-GENTLEMEN.txt ransom notes, appends .7mtzhh extension, and drops self-deleting batch files for cleanup.
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
7 months ago
1097
Detects recovery inhibition commands used by The Gentlemen including Recycle Bin deletion, RDP log wiping, and Prefetch file removal to prevent forensic investigation and data recovery.
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
7 months ago
0069
Detects NetExec SMB-based malware deployment across network ranges.
The Gentlemen use nxc smb with atexec/smbexec to disable Defender, mount shares
via net use, and execute ransomware (cerv.exe) across entire subnets. Also
detects creation of open shares with Everyone:FULL access.
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
8 months ago
0080
Detects significant file creation in 'C:\ProgramData\data\' used by The Gentlemen as a staging area for data consolidation before exfiltration via rclone or WinSCP SFTP connections.
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
8 months ago
2167
Detects rclone execution with exfiltration patterns consistent with The Gentlemen operations. They use rclone copy with multi-threaded streams, bandwidth limits, and file type exclusions (exe, msi, mp3, avi, iso) for organized data theft via SFTP.
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
8 months ago
1060
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