Sigma Rules
121 rules found for "exfiltration"
Network Connection Initiated To Cloudflared Tunnels Domains
Detects network connections to Cloudflared tunnels domains initiated by a process on the system. Attackers can abuse that feature to establish a reverse shell or persistence on a machine.
Network Connection Initiated To DevTunnels Domain
Detects network connections to Devtunnels domains initiated by a process on a system. Attackers can abuse that feature to establish a reverse shell or persistence on a machine.
Suspicious Dropbox API Usage
Detects an executable that isn't dropbox but communicates with the Dropbox API
Network Connection Initiated To Mega.nz
Detects a network connection initiated by a binary to "api.mega.co.nz". Attackers were seen abusing file sharing websites similar to "mega.nz" in order to upload/download additional payloads.
Process Initiated Network Connection To Ngrok Domain
Detects an executable initiating a network connection to "ngrok" domains. Attackers were seen using this "ngrok" in order to store their second stage payloads and malware. While communication with such domains can be legitimate, often times is a sign of either data exfiltration by malicious actors or additional download.
Communication To Ngrok Tunneling Service Initiated
Detects an executable initiating a network connection to "ngrok" tunneling domains. Attackers were seen using this "ngrok" in order to store their second stage payloads and malware. While communication with such domains can be legitimate, often times is a sign of either data exfiltration by malicious actors or additional download.
Network Communication Initiated To Portmap.IO Domain
Detects an executable accessing the portmap.io domain, which could be a sign of forbidden C2 traffic or data exfiltration by malicious actors
Suspicious Non-Browser Network Communication With Telegram API
Detects an a non-browser process interacting with the Telegram API which could indicate use of a covert C2
Network Connection Initiated To Visual Studio Code Tunnels Domain
Detects network connections to Visual Studio Code tunnel domains initiated by a process on a system. Attackers can abuse that feature to establish a reverse shell or persistence on a machine.
Suspicious Outbound SMTP Connections
Adversaries may steal data by exfiltrating it over an un-encrypted network protocol other than that of the existing command and control channel. The data may also be sent to an alternate network location from the main command and control server.
Zip A Folder With PowerShell For Staging In Temp - PowerShell
Detects PowerShell scripts that make use of the "Compress-Archive" Cmdlet in order to compress folders and files where the output is stored in a potentially suspicious location that is used often by malware for exfiltration. An adversary might compress data (e.g., sensitive documents) that is collected prior to exfiltration in order to make it portable and minimize the amount of data sent over the network.
Zip A Folder With PowerShell For Staging In Temp - PowerShell Module
Detects PowerShell scripts that make use of the "Compress-Archive" Cmdlet in order to compress folders and files where the output is stored in a potentially suspicious location that is used often by malware for exfiltration. An adversary might compress data (e.g., sensitive documents) that is collected prior to exfiltration in order to make it portable and minimize the amount of data sent over the network.
Potential Data Exfiltration Via Audio File
Detects potential exfiltration attempt via audio file using PowerShell
PowerShell ICMP Exfiltration
Detects Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol - ICMP. Adversaries may steal data by exfiltrating it over an un-encrypted network protocol other than that of the existing command and control channel.
Powershell DNSExfiltration
DNSExfiltrator allows for transferring (exfiltrate) a file over a DNS request covert channel
Suspicious PowerShell Mailbox Export to Share - PS
Detects usage of the powerShell New-MailboxExportRequest Cmdlet to exports a mailbox to a remote or local share, as used in ProxyShell exploitations
PowerShell Script With File Hostname Resolving Capabilities
Detects PowerShell scripts that have capabilities to read files, loop through them and resolve DNS host entries.
PowerShell Script With File Upload Capabilities
Detects PowerShell scripts leveraging the "Invoke-WebRequest" cmdlet to send data via either "PUT" or "POST" method.
Zip A Folder With PowerShell For Staging In Temp - PowerShell Script
Detects PowerShell scripts that make use of the "Compress-Archive" Cmdlet in order to compress folders and files where the output is stored in a potentially suspicious location that is used often by malware for exfiltration. An adversary might compress data (e.g., sensitive documents) that is collected prior to exfiltration in order to make it portable and minimize the amount of data sent over the network.
7Zip Compressing Dump Files
Detects execution of 7z in order to compress a file with a ".dmp"/".dump" extension, which could be a step in a process of dump file exfiltration.
Compress Data and Lock With Password for Exfiltration With 7-ZIP
An adversary may compress or encrypt data that is collected prior to exfiltration using 3rd party utilities
Data Export From MSSQL Table Via BCP.EXE
Detects the execution of the BCP utility in order to export data from the database. Attackers were seen saving their malware to a database column or table and then later extracting it via "bcp.exe" into a file.
File Encoded To Base64 Via Certutil.EXE
Detects the execution of certutil with the "encode" flag to encode a file to base64. This can be abused by threat actors and attackers for data exfiltration
Potentially Suspicious CMD Shell Output Redirect
Detects inline Windows shell commands redirecting output via the ">" symbol to a suspicious location. This technique is sometimes used by malicious actors in order to redirect the output of reconnaissance commands such as "hostname" and "dir" to files for future exfiltration.
Arbitrary File Download Via ConfigSecurityPolicy.EXE
Detects the execution of "ConfigSecurityPolicy.EXE", a binary part of Windows Defender used to manage settings in Windows Defender. Users can configure different pilot collections for each of the co-management workloads. It can be abused by attackers in order to upload or download files.
Active Directory Structure Export Via Csvde.EXE
Detects the execution of "csvde.exe" in order to export organizational Active Directory structure.
DNS Exfiltration and Tunneling Tools Execution
Well-known DNS Exfiltration tools execution
Active Directory Structure Export Via Ldifde.EXE
Detects the execution of "ldifde.exe" in order to export organizational Active Directory structure.
LOLBAS Data Exfiltration by DataSvcUtil.exe
Detects when a user performs data exfiltration by using DataSvcUtil.exe
Potential RDP Tunneling Via Plink
Execution of plink to perform data exfiltration and tunneling
Email Exifiltration Via Powershell
Detects email exfiltration via powershell cmdlets
Suspicious PowerShell Mailbox Export to Share
Detects usage of the powerShell New-MailboxExportRequest Cmdlet to exports a mailbox to a remote or local share, as used in ProxyShell exploitations
Folder Compress To Potentially Suspicious Output Via Compress-Archive Cmdlet
Detects PowerShell scripts that make use of the "Compress-Archive" Cmdlet in order to compress folders and files where the output is stored in a potentially suspicious location that is used often by malware for exfiltration. An adversary might compress data (e.g., sensitive documents) that is collected prior to exfiltration in order to make it portable and minimize the amount of data sent over the network.
PUA - Rclone Execution
Detects execution of RClone utility for exfiltration as used by various ransomwares strains like REvil, Conti, FiveHands, etc
PUA - Restic Backup Tool Execution
Detects the execution of the Restic backup tool, which can be used for data exfiltration. Threat actors may leverage Restic to back up and exfiltrate sensitive data to remote storage locations, including cloud services. If not legitimately used in the enterprise environment, its presence may indicate malicious activity.
Files Added To An Archive Using Rar.EXE
Detects usage of "rar" to add files to an archive for potential compression. An adversary may compress data (e.g. sensitive documents) that is collected prior to exfiltration in order to make it portable and minimize the amount of data sent over the network.
Exports Critical Registry Keys To a File
Detects the export of a crital Registry key to a file.
Exports Registry Key To a File
Detects the export of the target Registry key to a file.
Enumeration for 3rd Party Creds From CLI
Detects processes that query known 3rd party registry keys that holds credentials via commandline
Renamed Plink Execution
Detects the execution of a renamed version of the Plink binary
WebDav Client Execution Via Rundll32.EXE
Detects "svchost.exe" spawning "rundll32.exe" with command arguments like "C:\windows\system32\davclnt.dll,DavSetCookie". This could be an indicator of exfiltration or use of WebDav to launch code (hosted on a WebDav server).
Suspicious WebDav Client Execution Via Rundll32.EXE
Detects "svchost.exe" spawning "rundll32.exe" with command arguments like C:\windows\system32\davclnt.dll,DavSetCookie. This could be an indicator of exfiltration or use of WebDav to launch code (hosted on WebDav Server) or potentially a sign of exploitation of CVE-2023-23397
Potential RDP Tunneling Via SSH
Execution of ssh.exe to perform data exfiltration and tunneling through RDP
Copy From Or To Admin Share Or Sysvol Folder
Detects a copy command or a copy utility execution to or from an Admin share or remote
Potential Data Exfiltration Activity Via CommandLine Tools
Detects the use of various CLI utilities exfiltrating data via web requests
Suspicious Process Patterns NTDS.DIT Exfil
Detects suspicious process patterns used in NTDS.DIT exfiltration
Suspicious Redirection to Local Admin Share
Detects a suspicious output redirection to the local admins share, this technique is often found in malicious scripts or hacktool stagers
Tap Installer Execution
Well-known TAP software installation. Possible preparation for data exfiltration using tunneling techniques