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Georg Lauenstein

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211 detections

Detects Chisel tunnel creation used by The Gentlemen for encrypted
C2 communication. They create reverse SOCKS proxies on port 443 with very low
AV detection rate, maintaining persistent internal network access.
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
8 months ago
0058
Detects multiple failed FortiGate VPN login attempts using known default usernames, consistent with The Gentlemen brute force campaigns. They maintain ~969 validated brute-forced FortiGate VPN credentials and test anti-honeypot probe passwords with Russian garbage strings.
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
8 months ago
70193
Detects execution of Impacket dpapi.py with backupkeys parameter,
used by The Gentlemen to extract DPAPI backup keys from domain controllers
for decrypting stored credentials across the domain.
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
8 months ago
0061
Detects execution of ChromeKB3.exe, a custom tool developed by
The Gentlemen for extracting saved passwords from Google Chrome via AppBound
injection (SHA256: 2834114ff7e487c4ca3f50ca39f7d652dea1be98f885c388f01b6ff35309307b).
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
8 months ago
1058
Detects execution of The Gentlemen custom EDR killer tools
All.exe and Allpatch2.exe that exploit vulnerable drivers to terminate
endpoint security processes at kernel level.
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
8 months ago
2068
Detects creation of scheduled task for rclone-based data
exfiltration. The Gentlemen create a task named SafeSync that runs 'rclone.ps1' at startup with SYSTEM privileges and HIGHEST run level.
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
8 months ago
0080
Detects silent AnyDesk deployment with password setting, used
by The Gentlemen for persistent remote access. They use --install combined
with --start-with-win --silent and --set-password, deployed via NetExec
or Conti-style PowerShell functions with hardcoded credentials.
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
8 months ago
1071
Detects loading of vulnerable signed drivers used by The Gentlemen
for BYOVD-based EDR/AV termination at kernel level. Known drivers include
ThrottleBlood.sys (renamed ThrottleStop.sys) and viragt64.sys.
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
8 months ago
0040
Detects installation of Windows PowerShell Web Access (PSWA)
feature, used by The Gentlemen for persistent web-based PowerShell access.
They add wildcard authorization rules allowing all users on all computers.
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
8 months ago
0057
Detects creation of or addition to the ESX Admins Active
Directory group, used by The Gentlemen to exploit CVE-2024-37085 for
ESXi host takeover with full administrative access.
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Georg Lauenstein@gsec
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SecOps Signals
8 months ago
0033
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