Query: Sigma YAML for windows / process_creation
Matching 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
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects usage of "PresentationHost" which is a utility that runs ".xbap" (Browser Applications) files to download arbitr. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Arbitrary File Download Via PresentationHost.EXE id: b124ddf4-778d-418e-907f-6dd3fc0d31cd status: test description: Detects usage of "PresentationHost" which is a utility that runs ".xbap" (Browser Applications) files to download arbitrary files references: - https://github.com/LOLBAS-Project/LOLBAS/pull/239/files author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2022-08-19 modified: 2023-11-09 tags: - attack.execution - attack.stealth - attack.t1218 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_img: - Image|endswith: \presentationhost.exe - OriginalFileName: PresentationHost.exe selection_cli: CommandLine|contains: - http:// - https:// - ftp:// condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Unknown level: medium