Query: detection rule: Detects the creation of a named pipe seen used by known APTs or malware.
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects the creation of a named pipe seen used by known APTs or malware.. Logsource: windows / pipe_created. Rule: title: Malicious Named Pipe Created id: fe3ac066-98bb-432a-b1e7-a5229cb39d4a status: test description: Detects the creation of a named pipe seen used by known APTs or malware. references: - https://securelist.com/wild-neutron-economic-espionage-threat-actor-returns-with-new-tricks/71275/ - https://securelist.com/faq-the-projectsauron-apt/75533/ - https://web.archive.org/web/20180725233601/https://www.pwc.co.uk/cyber-security/pdf/cloud-hopper-annex-b-final.pdf - https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA17-117A - https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor.html - https://thedfirreport.com/2020/06/21/snatch-ransomware/ - https://github.com/RiccardoAncarani/LiquidSnake - https://www.accenture.com/us-en/blogs/cyber-defense/turla-belugasturgeon-compromises-government-entity - https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/analysis-reports/ar19-304a - https://download.bitdefender.com/resources/files/News/CaseStudies/study/115/Bitdefender-Whitepaper-PAC-A4-en-EN1.pdf - https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/emissary-panda-attacks-middle-east-government-sharepoint-servers/ - https://thedfirreport.com/2022/02/21/qbot-and-zerologon-lead-to-full-domain-compromise/ author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), blueteam0ps, elhoim date: 2017-11-06 modified: 2023-08-07 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.stealth - attack.t1055 logsource: product: windows category: pipe_created definition: Note that you have to configure logging for Named Pipe Events in Sysmon config (Event ID 17 and Event ID 18). The basic configuration is in popular sysmon configuration (https://github.com/SwiftOnSecurity/sysmon-config), but it is worth verifying. You can also use other repo, e.g. https://github.com/Neo23x0/sysmon-config, https://github.com/olafhartong/sysmon-modular. How to test detection? You can check powershell script from this site https://svch0st.medium.com/guide-to-named-pipes-and-hunting-for-cobalt-strike-pipes-dc46b2c5f575 detection: selection: PipeName: - \46a676ab7f179e511e30dd2dc41bd388 - \583da945-62af-10e8-4902-a8f205c72b2e - \6e7645c4-32c5-4fe3-aabf-e94c2f4370e7 - \9f81f59bc58452127884ce513865ed20 - \adschemerpc - \ahexec - \AnonymousPipe - \bc31a7 - \bc367 - \bizkaz - \csexecsvc - \dce_3d - \e710f28d59aa529d6792ca6ff0ca1b34 - \gruntsvc - \isapi_dg - \isapi_dg2 - \isapi_http - \jaccdpqnvbrrxlaf - \lsassw - \NamePipe_MoreWindows - \pcheap_reuse - \Posh* - \rpchlp_3 - \sdlrpc - \svcctl - \testPipe -
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: The Tasks folder in system32 and syswow64 are globally writable paths. Adversaries can take advantage of this and load o. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Tasks Folder Evasion id: cc4e02ba-9c06-48e2-b09e-2500cace9ae0 status: test description: 'The Tasks folder in system32 and syswow64 are globally writable paths. Adversaries can take advantage of this and load or influence any script hosts or ANY .NET Application in Tasks to load and execute a custom assembly into cscript, wscript, regsvr32, mshta, eventvwr ' references: - https://twitter.com/subTee/status/1216465628946563073 - https://gist.github.com/am0nsec/8378da08f848424e4ab0cc5b317fdd26 author: Sreeman date: 2020-01-13 modified: 2022-12-25 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.persistence - attack.execution - attack.stealth - attack.t1574.001 logsource: product: windows category: process_creation detection: selection1: CommandLine|contains: - 'echo ' - 'copy ' - 'type ' - file createnew selection2: CommandLine|contains: - ' C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\' - ' C:\Windows\SysWow64\Tasks\' condition: all of selection* falsepositives: - Unknown level: high