Query: alert when Detects binaries that use the same name as legitimate sysinternals tools to evade detection. This rule looks for the exe
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects binaries that use the same name as legitimate sysinternals tools to evade detection. This rule looks for the exe. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Potential Binary Impersonating Sysinternals Tools id: 7cce6fc8-a07f-4d84-a53e-96e1879843c9 status: test description: 'Detects binaries that use the same name as legitimate sysinternals tools to evade detection. This rule looks for the execution of binaries that are named similarly to Sysinternals tools. Adversary may rename their malicious tools as legitimate Sysinternals tools to evade detection. ' references: - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sysinternals-suite author: frack113, Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) date: 2021-12-20 modified: 2025-04-12 tags: - attack.execution - attack.stealth - attack.t1218 - attack.t1202 - attack.t1036.005 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_exe: Image|endswith: - \accesschk.exe - \accesschk64.exe - \AccessEnum.exe - \ADExplorer.exe - \ADExplorer64.exe - \ADInsight.exe - \ADInsight64.exe - \adrestore.exe - \adrestore64.exe - \Autologon.exe - \Autologon64.exe - \Autoruns.exe - \Autoruns64.exe - \autorunsc.exe - \autorunsc64.exe - \Bginfo.exe - \Bginfo64.exe - \Cacheset.exe - \Cacheset64.exe - \Clockres.exe - \Clockres64.exe - \Contig.exe - \Contig64.exe - \Coreinfo.exe - \Coreinfo64.exe - \CPUSTRES.EXE - \CPUSTRES64.EXE - \ctrl2cap.exe - \Dbgview.exe - \dbgview64.exe - \Desktops.exe - \Desktops64.exe - \disk2vhd.exe - \disk2vhd64.exe - \diskext.exe - \diskext64.exe - \Diskmon.exe - \Diskmon64.exe - \DiskView.exe - \DiskView64.exe - \du.exe - \du64.exe - \efsdump.exe - \FindLinks.exe - \FindLinks64.exe - \handle.exe - \handle64.exe - \hex2dec.exe - \hex2dec64.exe - \junction.exe - \junction64.exe - \ldmdump.exe - \listdlls.exe - \listdlls64.exe - \livekd.exe - \livekd64.exe - \loadOrd.exe - \loadOrd64.exe - \loadOrdC.exe - \loadOrdC64.exe - \logonsessions.exe - \logonsessions64.exe - \movefile.exe - \movefile64.exe - \notmyfault.exe - \notmyfault64.exe - \notmyfaultc.exe - \notmyfaultc64.exe - \ntfsinfo.exe - \ntfsinfo64.exe - \pendmoves.exe - \pendmoves64.exe - \pipelist.exe - \pipelist64.exe - \portmon.exe - \procdump.exe - \procdump64.exe - \procexp.exe - \procexp64.exe - \Procmon.exe - \Procmon64.exe - \psExec.exe - \psExec64.exe - \psfile.exe - \psfile64.exe - \psGetsid.exe - \psGetsid64.exe - \psInfo.exe - \psInfo64.exe - \pskill.exe - \pskill64.exe - \pslist.exe - \pslist64.exe - \psLoggedon.exe - \psLoggedon64.exe - \psloglist.exe - \psloglist64.exe - \pspasswd.exe - \pspasswd64.exe - \psping.exe - \psping64.exe - \psService.exe - \p
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects suspicious DNS queries using base64 encoding. Logsource: dns. Rule: title: Suspicious DNS Query with B64 Encoded String id: 4153a907-2451-4e4f-a578-c52bb6881432 status: test description: Detects suspicious DNS queries using base64 encoding references: - https://github.com/krmaxwell/dns-exfiltration author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) date: 2018-05-10 modified: 2022-10-09 tags: - attack.exfiltration - attack.t1048.003 - attack.command-and-control - attack.t1071.004 logsource: category: dns detection: selection: query|contains: ==. condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: medium