Emerging Threatcriticalstable
Potential QBot Activity
Detects potential QBot activity by looking for process executions used previously by QBot
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Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Created Tue Oct 01Updated Fri Feb 034fcac6eb-0287-4090-8eea-2602e4c200402019
Emerging Threat
Active Threat
Developed to detect an active or emerging threat. Prioritize investigation of any alerts and correlate with threat intelligence.
Log Source
WindowsProcess Creation
ProductWindows← raw: windows
CategoryProcess Creation← raw: process_creation
Events generated when a new process is spawned on the system. Covers command-line arguments, parent/child relationships, and process metadata.
Detection Logic
Detection Logic3 selectors
detection:
selection1:
ParentImage|endswith: '\WinRAR.exe'
Image|endswith: '\wscript.exe'
selection2:
CommandLine|contains: ' /c ping.exe -n 6 127.0.0.1 & type '
selection3:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'regsvr32.exe'
- 'C:\ProgramData'
- '.tmp'
condition: 1 of selection*False Positives
Unlikely
False positives are unlikely for most environments. High confidence detection.
MITRE ATT&CK
Rule Metadata
Rule ID
4fcac6eb-0287-4090-8eea-2602e4c20040
Status
stable
Level
critical
Type
Emerging Threat
Created
Tue Oct 01
Modified
Fri Feb 03
Path
rules-emerging-threats/2019/Malware/QBot/proc_creation_win_malware_qbot.yml
Raw Tags
attack.executionattack.t1059.005detection.emerging-threats