Emerging Threatcriticalstable

Potential Dridex Activity

Detects potential Dridex acitvity via specific process patterns

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Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Created Thu Jan 10Updated Fri Feb 03e6eb5a96-9e6f-4a18-9cdd-642cfda21c8e2019
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 Logic7 selectors
detection:
    selection_svchost:
        Image|endswith: '\svchost.exe'
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'C:\Users\'
            - '\Desktop\'
    filter_svchost:
        ParentImage|startswith: 'C:\Windows\System32\'
    selection_regsvr:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\excel.exe'
        Image|endswith: '\regsvr32.exe'
        CommandLine|contains:
            - ' -s '
            - '\AppData\Local\Temp\'
    filter_regsvr:
        CommandLine|contains: '.dll'
    selection_anomaly_parent:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\svchost.exe'
    selection_anomaly_child_1:
        Image|endswith: '\whoami.exe'
        CommandLine|contains: ' /all'
    selection_anomaly_child_2:
        Image|endswith:
            - '\net.exe'
            - '\net1.exe'
        CommandLine|contains: ' view'
    condition: (selection_svchost and not filter_svchost) or (selection_regsvr and not filter_regsvr) or (selection_anomaly_parent and 1 of selection_anomaly_child_*)
False Positives
Unlikely

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

Rule Metadata
Rule ID
e6eb5a96-9e6f-4a18-9cdd-642cfda21c8e
Status
stable
Level
critical
Type
Emerging Threat
Created
Thu Jan 10
Modified
Fri Feb 03
Path
rules-emerging-threats/2019/Malware/Dridex/proc_creation_win_malware_dridex.yml
Raw Tags
attack.defense-evasionattack.privilege-escalationattack.t1055attack.discoveryattack.t1135attack.t1033detection.emerging-threats
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