Sigma Rules
557 rules found for "Red Canary"
Time Machine Backup Deletion Attempt Via Tmutil - MacOS
Detects deletion attempts of MacOS Time Machine backups via the native backup utility "tmutil". An adversary may perform this action before launching a ransonware attack to prevent the victim from restoring their files.
Time Machine Backup Disabled Via Tmutil - MacOS
Detects disabling of Time Machine (Apple's automated backup utility software) via the native macOS backup utility "tmutil". An attacker can use this to prevent backups from occurring.
New File Exclusion Added To Time Machine Via Tmutil - MacOS
Detects the addition of a new file or path exclusion to MacOS Time Machine via the "tmutil" utility. An adversary could exclude a path from Time Machine backups to prevent certain files from being backed up.
Gatekeeper Bypass via Xattr
Detects macOS Gatekeeper bypass via xattr utility
New BITS Job Created Via Bitsadmin
Detects the creation of a new bits job by Bitsadmin
New BITS Job Created Via PowerShell
Detects the creation of a new bits job by PowerShell
BITS Transfer Job Downloading File Potential Suspicious Extension
Detects new BITS transfer job saving local files with potential suspicious extensions
BITS Transfer Job Download From File Sharing Domains
Detects BITS transfer job downloading files from a file sharing domain.
BITS Transfer Job With Uncommon Or Suspicious Remote TLD
Detects a suspicious download using the BITS client from a FQDN that is unusual. Adversaries may abuse BITS jobs to persistently execute or clean up after malicious payloads.
BITS Transfer Job Download To Potential Suspicious Folder
Detects new BITS transfer job where the LocalName/Saved file is stored in a potentially suspicious location
New Firewall Rule Added In Windows Firewall Exception List Via WmiPrvSE.EXE
Detects the addition of a new "Allow" firewall rule by the WMI process (WmiPrvSE.EXE). This can occur if an attacker leverages PowerShell cmdlets such as "New-NetFirewallRule", or directly uses WMI CIM classes such as "MSFT_NetFirewallRule".
ISO Image Mounted
Detects the mount of an ISO image on an endpoint
Service Registry Key Read Access Request
Detects "read access" requests on the services registry key. Adversaries may execute their own malicious payloads by hijacking the Registry entries used by services. Adversaries may use flaws in the permissions for Registry keys related to services to redirect from the originally specified executable to one that they control, in order to launch their own code when a service starts.
Remote Access Tool Services Have Been Installed - Security
Detects service installation of different remote access tools software. These software are often abused by threat actors to perform
VSSAudit Security Event Source Registration
Detects the registration of the security event source VSSAudit. It would usually trigger when volume shadow copy operations happen.
Volume Shadow Copy Mount
Detects volume shadow copy mount via Windows event log
Windows Defender Threat Detection Service Disabled
Detects when the "Windows Defender Threat Protection" service is disabled.
Remote Access Tool Services Have Been Installed - System
Detects service installation of different remote access tools software. These software are often abused by threat actors to perform
Windows Defender Grace Period Expired
Detects the expiration of the grace period of Windows Defender. This means protection against viruses, spyware, and other potentially unwanted software is disabled.
Windows Defender Malware And PUA Scanning Disabled
Detects disabling of the Windows Defender feature of scanning for malware and other potentially unwanted software
Windows Defender Real-time Protection Disabled
Detects disabling of Windows Defender Real-time Protection. As this event doesn't contain a lot of information on who initiated this action you might want to reduce it to a "medium" level if this occurs too many times in your environment
Windows Defender Virus Scanning Feature Disabled
Detects disabling of the Windows Defender virus scanning feature
DNS Server Discovery Via LDAP Query
Detects DNS server discovery via LDAP query requests from uncommon applications
DNS Query To Remote Access Software Domain From Non-Browser App
An adversary may use legitimate desktop support and remote access software, such as Team Viewer, Go2Assist, LogMein, AmmyyAdmin, etc, to establish an interactive command and control channel to target systems within networks. These services are commonly used as legitimate technical support software, and may be allowed by application control within a target environment. Remote access tools like VNC, Ammyy, and Teamviewer are used frequently when compared with other legitimate software commonly used by adversaries. (Citation: Symantec Living off the Land)
Backup Files Deleted
Detects deletion of files with extensions often used for backup files. Adversaries may delete or remove built-in operating system data and turn off services designed to aid in the recovery of a corrupted system to prevent recovery.
TeamViewer Log File Deleted
Detects the deletion of the TeamViewer log files which may indicate an attempt to destroy forensic evidence
Anydesk Temporary Artefact
An adversary may use legitimate desktop support and remote access software, such as Team Viewer, Go2Assist, LogMein, AmmyyAdmin, etc, to establish an interactive command and control channel to target systems within networks. These services are commonly used as legitimate technical support software, and may be allowed by application control within a target environment. Remote access tools like VNC, Ammyy, and Teamviewer are used frequently when compared with other legitimate software commonly used by adversaries. (Citation: Symantec Living off the Land)
Suspicious Binary Writes Via AnyDesk
Detects AnyDesk writing binary files to disk other than "gcapi.dll". According to RedCanary research it is highly abnormal for AnyDesk to write executable files to disk besides gcapi.dll, which is a legitimate DLL that is part of the Google Chrome web browser used to interact with the Google Cloud API. (See reference section for more details)
New Custom Shim Database Created
Adversaries may establish persistence and/or elevate privileges by executing malicious content triggered by application shims. The Microsoft Windows Application Compatibility Infrastructure/Framework (Application Shim) was created to allow for backward compatibility of software as the operating system codebase changes over time.
Suspicious Screensaver Binary File Creation
Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by user inactivity. Screensavers are programs that execute after a configurable time of user inactivity and consist of Portable Executable (PE) files with a .scr file extension
Creation Exe for Service with Unquoted Path
Adversaries may execute their own malicious payloads by hijacking vulnerable file path references. Adversaries can take advantage of paths that lack surrounding quotations by placing an executable in a higher level directory within the path, so that Windows will choose the adversary's executable to launch.
Dynamic CSharp Compile Artefact
When C# is compiled dynamically, a .cmdline file will be created as a part of the process. Certain processes are not typically observed compiling C# code, but can do so without touching disk. This can be used to unpack a payload for execution
GoToAssist Temporary Installation Artefact
An adversary may use legitimate desktop support and remote access software, such as Team Viewer, Go2Assist, LogMein, AmmyyAdmin, etc, to establish an interactive command and control channel to target systems within networks. These services are commonly used as legitimate technical support software, and may be allowed by application control within a target environment. Remote access tools like VNC, Ammyy, and Teamviewer are used frequently when compared with other legitimate software commonly used by adversaries. (Citation: Symantec Living off the Land)
HackTool - NPPSpy Hacktool Usage
Detects the use of NPPSpy hacktool that stores cleartext passwords of users that logged in to a local file
Installation of TeamViewer Desktop
TeamViewer_Desktop.exe is create during install
ISO File Created Within Temp Folders
Detects the creation of a ISO file in the Outlook temp folder or in the Appdata temp folder. Typical of Qakbot TTP from end-July 2022.
Potential Persistence Via Microsoft Office Add-In
Detects potential persistence activity via startup add-ins that load when Microsoft Office starts (.wll/.xll are simply .dll fit for Word or Excel).
Office Macro File Creation
Detects the creation of a new office macro files on the systems
Office Macro File Download
Detects the creation of a new office macro files on the system via an application (browser, mail client). This can help identify potential malicious activity, such as the download of macro-enabled documents that could be used for exploitation.
Office Macro File Creation From Suspicious Process
Detects the creation of a office macro file from a a suspicious process
Potential Startup Shortcut Persistence Via PowerShell.EXE
Detects PowerShell writing startup shortcuts. This procedure was highlighted in Red Canary Intel Insights Oct. 2021, "We frequently observe adversaries using PowerShell to write malicious .lnk files into the startup directory to establish persistence. Accordingly, this detection opportunity is likely to identify persistence mechanisms in multiple threats. In the context of Yellow Cockatoo, this persistence mechanism eventually launches the command-line script that leads to the installation of a malicious DLL"
ScreenConnect Temporary Installation Artefact
An adversary may use legitimate desktop support and remote access software, such as Team Viewer, Go2Assist, LogMein, AmmyyAdmin, etc, to establish an interactive command and control channel to target systems within networks. These services are commonly used as legitimate technical support software, and may be allowed by application control within a target environment. Remote access tools like VNC, Ammyy, and Teamviewer are used frequently when compared with other legitimate software commonly used by adversaries. (Citation: Symantec Living off the Land)
Created Files by Microsoft Sync Center
This rule detects suspicious files created by Microsoft Sync Center (mobsync)
Suspicious Files in Default GPO Folder
Detects the creation of copy of suspicious files (EXE/DLL) to the default GPO storage folder
Suspicious Creation TXT File in User Desktop
Ransomware create txt file in the user Desktop
Suspicious MSExchangeMailboxReplication ASPX Write
Detects suspicious activity in which the MSExchangeMailboxReplication process writes .asp and .apsx files to disk, which could be a sign of ProxyShell exploitation
Potential Hidden Directory Creation Via NTFS INDEX_ALLOCATION Stream
Detects the creation of hidden file/folder with the "::$index_allocation" stream. Which can be used as a technique to prevent access to folder and files from tooling such as "explorer.exe" and "powershell.exe"
Potential Homoglyph Attack Using Lookalike Characters in Filename
Detects the presence of unicode characters which are homoglyphs, or identical in appearance, to ASCII letter characters. This is used as an obfuscation and masquerading techniques. Only "perfect" homoglyphs are included; these are characters that are indistinguishable from ASCII characters and thus may make excellent candidates for homoglyph attack characters.