Query: write Sigma for Detects a ping command that uses a hex encoded IP address
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects a ping command that uses a hex encoded IP address. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Ping Hex IP id: 1a0d4aba-7668-4365-9ce4-6d79ab088dfd status: test description: Detects a ping command that uses a hex encoded IP address references: - https://github.com/vysecurity/Aggressor-VYSEC/blob/0d61c80387b9432dab64b8b8a9fb52d20cfef80e/ping.cna - https://twitter.com/vysecurity/status/977198418354491392 author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) date: 2018-03-23 modified: 2025-10-17 tags: - attack.stealth - attack.t1140 - attack.t1027 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection: Image|endswith: \ping.exe CommandLine|re: 0x[a-fA-F0-9]{8} condition: selection falsepositives: - Unlikely, because no sane admin pings IP addresses in a hexadecimal form level: high
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects execution of different log query utilities and commands to search and dump the content of specific event logs or. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Potentially Suspicious EventLog Recon Activity Using Log Query Utilities id: beaa66d6-aa1b-4e3c-80f5-e0145369bfaf related: - id: 9cd55b6c-430a-4fa9-96f4-7cadf5229e9f type: derived status: test description: 'Detects execution of different log query utilities and commands to search and dump the content of specific event logs or look for specific event IDs. This technique is used by threat actors in order to extract sensitive information from events logs such as usernames, IP addresses, hostnames, etc. ' references: - http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2022/09/lazarus-three-rats.html - https://thedfirreport.com/2023/10/30/netsupport-intrusion-results-in-domain-compromise/ - https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-144a - https://www.group-ib.com/blog/apt41-world-tour-2021/ - https://labs.withsecure.com/content/dam/labs/docs/f-secureLABS-tlp-white-lazarus-threat-intel-report2.pdf - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.diagnostics/get-winevent?view=powershell-7.3 - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/get-eventlog?view=powershell-5.1 - http://www.solomonson.com/posts/2010-07-09-reading-eventviewer-command-line/ - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/wevtutil - https://ptsecurity.com/research/pt-esc-threat-intelligence/striking-panda-attacks-apt31-today - https://www.cybertriage.com/artifact/terminalservices_remoteconnectionmanager_log/ - https://ponderthebits.com/2018/02/windows-rdp-related-event-logs-identification-tracking-and-investigation/ author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), X__Junior (Nextron Systems) date: 2022-09-09 modified: 2025-12-02 tags: - attack.credential-access - attack.discovery - attack.t1552 - attack.t1087 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_wmi: CommandLine|contains|all: - Select - Win32_NTLogEvent selection_wevtutil_img: - Image|endswith: \wevtutil.exe - OriginalFileName: wevtutil.exe selection_wevtutil_cli: CommandLine|contains: - ' qe ' - ' query-events ' selection_wmic_img: - Image|endswith: \wmic.exe - OriginalFileName: wmic.exe selection_wmic_cli: CommandLine|contains: ' ntevent' selection_cmdlet: CommandLine|contains: - 'Get-WinEvent ' - 'get-eventlog ' selection_logs_name: CommandLine|contains: - Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell - Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing - Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-LocalSessionManager - Microsof