Emerging Threathighstable

Potential Ryuk Ransomware Activity

Detects Ryuk ransomware activity

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Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Vasiliy Burov, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Created Mon Dec 16Updated Fri Feb 03c37510b8-2107-4b78-aa32-72f251e7a8442019
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_reg:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
            - 'C:\users\Public\'
    selection_del:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'del /s /f /q c:\'
            - '\*.bac'
            - '\*.bak'
            - '\*.bkf'
    selection_net:
        Image|endswith:
            - '\net.exe'
            - '\net1.exe'
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - ' stop '
            - ' /y'
        CommandLine|contains:
            - 'samss'
            - 'audioendpointbuilder'
            - 'unistoresvc_'
            - 'AcrSch2Svc'
    condition: 1 of selection_*
False Positives
Unlikely

False positives are unlikely for most environments. High confidence detection.

Rule Metadata
Rule ID
c37510b8-2107-4b78-aa32-72f251e7a844
Status
stable
Level
high
Type
Emerging Threat
Created
Mon Dec 16
Modified
Fri Feb 03
Path
rules-emerging-threats/2019/Malware/Ryuk/proc_creation_win_malware_ryuk.yml
Raw Tags
attack.privilege-escalationattack.persistenceattack.t1547.001detection.emerging-threats
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