Query: Sigma rule for 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 program executions in suspicious non-program folders related to malware or hacking activity. Logsource: linux / auditd. Rule: title: Program Executions in Suspicious Folders id: a39d7fa7-3fbd-4dc2-97e1-d87f546b1bbc status: test description: Detects program executions in suspicious non-program folders related to malware or hacking activity references: - Internal Research author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) date: 2018-01-23 modified: 2021-11-27 tags: - attack.t1587 - attack.t1584 - attack.resource-development logsource: product: linux service: auditd detection: selection: type: SYSCALL exe|startswith: - /tmp/ - /var/www/ - /home/*/public_html/ - /usr/local/apache2/ - /usr/local/httpd/ - /var/apache/ - /srv/www/ - /home/httpd/html/ - /srv/http/ - /usr/share/nginx/html/ - /var/lib/pgsql/data/ - /usr/local/mysql/data/ - /var/lib/mysql/ - /var/vsftpd/ - /etc/bind/ - /var/named/ condition: selection falsepositives: - Admin activity (especially in /tmp folders) - Crazy web applications level: medium