Sample rules
Windows Impair Defense Add Xml Applocker Rules
- source: splunk
- technicques:
- T1562.001
- T1562
Description
The following analytic is to identify a process that imports applocker xml policy using PowerShell commandlet. This technique was seen in Azorult malware where it drop an xml Applocker policy that will deny several AV products and further executed the PowerShell Applocker commandlet.
Detection logic
| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` values(Processes.process) as process min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where `process_powershell` AND Processes.process="*Import-Module Applocker*" AND Processes.process="*Set-AppLockerPolicy *" AND Processes.process="* -XMLPolicy *" by Processes.dest Processes.user Processes.parent_process Processes.process_name Processes.original_file_name Processes.process Processes.process_id Processes.parent_process_id
| `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)`
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| `windows_impair_defense_add_xml_applocker_rules_filter`
Windows Powershell Import Applocker Policy
- source: splunk
- technicques:
- T1059.001
- T1059
- T1562.001
- T1562
Description
The following analytic is to identify the imports of Windows PowerShell Applocker commandlets. This technique was seen in Azorult malware where it drops an xml Applocker policy that will deny several AV product and then loaded using PowerShell Applocker commandlet.
Detection logic
`powershell` EventCode=4104 ScriptBlockText="*Import-Module Applocker*" ScriptBlockText="*Set-AppLockerPolicy *" ScriptBlockText="* -XMLPolicy *"
| stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime by EventCode ScriptBlockText Computer UserID
| rename Computer as dest
| rename UserID as user
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| `windows_powershell_import_applocker_policy_filter`
Windows Modify Registry Regedit Silent Reg Import
- source: splunk
- technicques:
- T1112
Description
The following analytic identifies modification of Windows registry using regedit.exe application with silent mode parameter. regedit.exe windows application is commonly used as GUI app to check or modify registry. This application is also has undocumented command-line parameter and one of those are silent mode parameter that performs action without stopping for confirmation with dialog box. Importing registry from .reg files need to monitor in a production environment since it can be used adversaries to import RMS registry in compromised host.
Detection logic
| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` values(Processes.process) as process min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where (Processes.process_name="regedit.exe" OR Processes.original_file_name="regedit.exe") AND Processes.process="* /s *" AND Processes.process="*.reg*" by Processes.dest Processes.user Processes.parent_process Processes.process_name Processes.original_file_name Processes.process Processes.process_id Processes.parent_process_id
| `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)`
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| `windows_modify_registry_regedit_silent_reg_import_filter`