Detectionhightest

Phishing Pattern ISO in Archive

Detects cases in which an ISO files is opend within an archiver like 7Zip or Winrar, which is a sign of phishing as threat actors put small ISO files in archives as email attachments to bypass certain filters and protective measures (mark of web)

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Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Created Tue Jun 07fcdf69e5-a3d3-452a-9724-26f2308bf2b1windows
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 Logic1 selector
detection:
    selection:
        ParentImage|endswith:
            - '\Winrar.exe'
            - '\7zFM.exe'
            - '\peazip.exe'
        Image|endswith:
            - '\isoburn.exe'
            - '\PowerISO.exe'
            - '\ImgBurn.exe'
    condition: selection
False Positives

Legitimate cases in which archives contain ISO or IMG files and the user opens the archive and the image via clicking and not extraction

MITRE ATT&CK
Rule Metadata
Rule ID
fcdf69e5-a3d3-452a-9724-26f2308bf2b1
Status
test
Level
high
Type
Detection
Created
Tue Jun 07
Path
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_susp_archiver_iso_phishing.yml
Raw Tags
attack.initial-accessattack.t1566
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