Sigma Rules
1,585 rules found for "defense-evasion"
CVE-2020-1048 Exploitation Attempt - Suspicious New Printer Ports - Registry
Detects changes to the "Ports" registry key with data that includes a Windows path or a file with a suspicious extension. This could be an attempt to exploit CVE-2020-1048 - a Windows Print Spooler elevation of privilege vulnerability.
Blue Mockingbird
Attempts to detect system changes made by Blue Mockingbird
Blue Mockingbird - Registry
Attempts to detect system changes made by Blue Mockingbird
ComRAT Network Communication
Detects Turla ComRAT network communication.
Potential Emotet Rundll32 Execution
Detecting Emotet DLL loading by looking for rundll32.exe processes with command lines ending in ,RunDLL or ,Control_RunDLL
FlowCloud Registry Markers
Detects FlowCloud malware registry markers from threat group TA410. The malware stores its configuration in the registry alongside drivers utilized by the malware's keylogger components.
Potential Ke3chang/TidePool Malware Activity
Detects registry modifications potentially related to the Ke3chang/TidePool malware as seen in campaigns running in 2019 and 2020
EvilNum APT Golden Chickens Deployment Via OCX Files
Detects Golden Chickens deployment method as used by Evilnum and described in ESET July 2020 report
Greenbug Espionage Group Indicators
Detects tools and process executions used by Greenbug in their May 2020 campaign as reported by Symantec
TAIDOOR RAT DLL Load
Detects specific process characteristics of Chinese TAIDOOR RAT malware load
Winnti Malware HK University Campaign
Detects specific process characteristics of Winnti malware noticed in Dec/Jan 2020 in a campaign against Honk Kong universities
Winnti Pipemon Characteristics
Detects specific process characteristics of Winnti Pipemon malware reported by ESET
Antivirus PrinterNightmare CVE-2021-34527 Exploit Detection
Detects the suspicious file that is created from PoC code against Windows Print Spooler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2021-34527 (PrinterNightmare), CVE-2021-1675 .
Potential PrintNightmare Exploitation Attempt
Detect DLL deletions from Spooler Service driver folder. This might be a potential exploitation attempt of CVE-2021-1675
Windows Spooler Service Suspicious Binary Load
Detect DLL Load from Spooler Service backup folder. This behavior has been observed during the exploitation of the Print Spooler Vulnerability CVE-2021-1675 and CVE-2021-34527 (PrinterNightmare).
PwnKit Local Privilege Escalation
Detects potential PwnKit exploitation CVE-2021-4034 in auth logs
Potential Exploitation Attempt From Office Application
Detects Office applications executing a child process that includes directory traversal patterns. This could be an attempt to exploit CVE-2022-30190 (MSDT RCE) or CVE-2021-40444 (MSHTML RCE)
Suspicious Computer Account Name Change CVE-2021-42287
Detects the renaming of an existing computer account to a account name that doesn't contain a $ symbol as seen in attacks against CVE-2021-42287
Suspicious RazerInstaller Explorer Subprocess
Detects a explorer.exe sub process of the RazerInstaller software which can be invoked from the installer to select a different installation folder but can also be exploited to escalate privileges to LOCAL SYSTEM
Potential BlackByte Ransomware Activity
Detects command line patterns used by BlackByte ransomware in different operations
Blackbyte Ransomware Registry
Detects specific windows registry modifications made by BlackByte ransomware variants. BlackByte set three different registry values to escalate privileges and begin setting the stage for lateral movement and encryption. This rule triggers when any of the following registry keys are set to DWORD 1, however all three should be investigated as part of a larger BlackByte ransomware detection and response effort.
Potential Devil Bait Related Indicator
Detects the creation of ".xml" and ".txt" files in folders of the "\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft" directory by uncommon processes. This behavior was seen common across different Devil Bait samples and stages as described by the NCSC
Potential Devil Bait Malware Reconnaissance
Detects specific process behavior observed with Devil Bait samples
Goofy Guineapig Backdoor IOC
Detects malicious indicators seen used by the Goofy Guineapig malware
Potential Goofy Guineapig GoolgeUpdate Process Anomaly
Detects "GoogleUpdate.exe" spawning a new instance of itself in an uncommon location as seen used by the Goofy Guineapig backdoor
Potential NetWire RAT Activity - Registry
Detects registry keys related to NetWire RAT
Pingback Backdoor File Indicators
Detects the use of Pingback backdoor that creates ICMP tunnel for C2 as described in the trustwave report
Pingback Backdoor DLL Loading Activity
Detects the use of Pingback backdoor that creates ICMP tunnel for C2 as described in the trustwave report
Pingback Backdoor Activity
Detects the use of Pingback backdoor that creates ICMP tunnel for C2 as described in the trustwave report
Small Sieve Malware File Indicator Creation
Detects filename indicators that contain a specific typo seen used by the Small Sieve malware.
Small Sieve Malware CommandLine Indicator
Detects specific command line argument being passed to a binary as seen being used by the malware Small Sieve.
APT PRIVATELOG Image Load Pattern
Detects an image load pattern as seen when a tool named PRIVATELOG is used and rarely observed under legitimate circumstances
Suspicious Set Value of MSDT in Registry (CVE-2022-30190)
Detects set value ms-msdt MSProtocol URI scheme in Registry that could be an attempt to exploit CVE-2022-30190.
Potential Bumblebee Remote Thread Creation
Detects remote thread injection events based on action seen used by bumblebee
Potential CVE-2023-36884 Exploitation Dropped File
Detects a specific file being created in the recent folder of Office. These files have been seen being dropped during potential exploitations of CVE-2023-36884
Potential COLDSTEEL RAT File Indicators
Detects the creation of a file named "dllhost.exe" in the "C:\users\public\Documents\" directory. Seen being used by the COLDSTEEL RAT in some of its variants.
Potential COLDSTEEL Persistence Service DLL Creation
Detects the creation of a file in a specific location and with a specific name related to COLDSTEEL RAT
Potential COLDSTEEL Persistence Service DLL Load
Detects a suspicious DLL load by an "svchost" process based on location and name that might be related to ColdSteel RAT. This DLL location and name has been seen used by ColdSteel as the service DLL for its persistence mechanism
COLDSTEEL RAT Anonymous User Process Execution
Detects the creation of a process executing as user called "ANONYMOUS" seen used by the "MileStone2016" variant of COLDSTEEL
COLDSTEEL RAT Cleanup Command Execution
Detects the creation of a "rundll32" process from the ColdSteel persistence service to initiate the cleanup command by calling one of its own exports. This functionality is not present in "MileStone2017" and some "MileStone2016" samples
COLDSTEEL RAT Service Persistence Execution
Detects the creation of an "svchost" process with specific command line flags, that were seen present and used by ColdSteel RAT
COLDSTEEL Persistence Service Creation
Detects the creation of new services potentially related to COLDSTEEL RAT
Injected Browser Process Spawning Rundll32 - GuLoader Activity
Detects the execution of installed GuLoader malware on the host. GuLoader is initiating network connections via the rundll32.exe process that is spawned via a browser parent(injected) process.
IcedID Malware Suspicious Single Digit DLL Execution Via Rundll32
Detects RunDLL32.exe executing a single digit DLL named "1.dll" with the export function "DllRegisterServer". This behaviour was often seen used by malware and especially IcedID
Potential Pikabot Infection - Suspicious Command Combinations Via Cmd.EXE
Detects the execution of concatenated commands via "cmd.exe". Pikabot often executes a combination of multiple commands via the command handler "cmd /c" in order to download and execute additional payloads. Commands such as "curl", "wget" in order to download extra payloads. "ping" and "timeout" are abused to introduce delays in the command execution and "Rundll32" is also used to execute malicious DLL files. In the observed Pikabot infections, a combination of the commands described above are used to orchestrate the download and execution of malicious DLL files.
Potential Pikabot Hollowing Activity
Detects the execution of rundll32 that leads to the invocation of legitimate Windows binaries. The malware Pikabot has been seen to use this technique for process hollowing through hard-coded Windows binaries
Pikabot Fake DLL Extension Execution Via Rundll32.EXE
Detects specific process tree behavior linked to "rundll32" executions, wherein the associated DLL lacks a common ".dll" extension, often signaling potential Pikabot activity.
Qakbot Regsvr32 Calc Pattern
Detects a specific command line of "regsvr32" where the "calc" keyword is used in conjunction with the "/s" flag. This behavior is often seen used by Qakbot