Emerging Threatcriticaltest

NotPetya Ransomware Activity

Detects NotPetya ransomware activity in which the extracted passwords are passed back to the main module via named pipe, the file system journal of drive C is deleted and Windows eventlogs are cleared using wevtutil

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Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Tom UeltschiCreated Wed Jan 16Updated Thu Dec 1579aeeb41-8156-4fac-a0cd-076495ab82a12017
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:
    selection_specific_pattern:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - 'wevtutil cl Application & fsutil usn deletejournal /D C:'
            - 'dllhost.dat %WINDIR%\ransoms'
    selection_rundll32:
        Image|endswith: '\rundll32.exe'
        CommandLine|endswith:
            - '.dat,#1'
            - '.dat #1' # Sysmon removes comma
            - '.zip.dll",#1'
    selection_perfc_keyword:
        - '\perfc.dat'
    condition: 1 of selection_*
False Positives
Unknown

False positive likelihood has not been assessed. Additional context may be needed during triage.

MITRE ATT&CK

CAR Analytics

2016-04-002 · CAR 2016-04-002

Other

detection.emerging-threats
Rule Metadata
Rule ID
79aeeb41-8156-4fac-a0cd-076495ab82a1
Status
test
Level
critical
Type
Emerging Threat
Created
Wed Jan 16
Modified
Thu Dec 15
Path
rules-emerging-threats/2017/Malware/NotPetya/proc_creation_win_malware_notpetya.yml
Raw Tags
attack.defense-evasionattack.t1218.011attack.t1070.001attack.credential-accessattack.t1003.001car.2016-04-002detection.emerging-threats
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