Emerging Threatcriticalstable
Potential Russian APT Credential Theft Activity
Detects Russian group activity as described in Global Threat Report 2019 by Crowdstrike
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Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Created Thu Feb 21Updated Wed Mar 08b83f5166-9237-4b5e-9cd4-7b5d52f4d8ee2019
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 Logic2 selectors
detection:
selection_xcopy:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'xcopy /S /E /C /Q /H \\\\'
- '\sysvol\'
selection_adexplorer:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'adexplorer -snapshot "" c:\users\'
- '\downloads\'
- '.snp'
condition: 1 of selection_*False Positives
Unlikely
False positives are unlikely for most environments. High confidence detection.
References
MITRE ATT&CK
Tactics
Sub-techniques
Other
detection.emerging-threats
Rule Metadata
Rule ID
b83f5166-9237-4b5e-9cd4-7b5d52f4d8ee
Status
stable
Level
critical
Type
Emerging Threat
Created
Thu Feb 21
Modified
Wed Mar 08
Path
rules-emerging-threats/2019/TA/Bear-APT-Activity/proc_creation_win_apt_bear_activity_gtr19.yml
Raw Tags
attack.credential-accessattack.t1552.001attack.t1003.003detection.emerging-threats