Emerging Threatcriticaltest

Elise Backdoor Activity

Detects Elise backdoor activity used by APT32

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Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Created Wed Jan 31Updated Thu Mar 09e507feb7-5f73-4ef6-a970-91bb6f6d744f2018

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:
    selection_other_svchost:
        Image|endswith: '\Microsoft\Network\svchost.exe'
    selection_other_del:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - '\Windows\Caches\NavShExt.dll'
            - '/c del'
    selection_dll_path:
        CommandLine|endswith:
            - '\AppData\Roaming\MICROS~1\Windows\Caches\NavShExt.dll'
            - '\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\NavShExt.dll'
    selection_dll_function:
        CommandLine|contains: ',Setting'
    condition: 1 of selection_other_* or all of selection_dll_*