Query: detect Detects executables located in potentially suspicious directories initiating network connections towards file sharing do in logs
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects executables located in potentially suspicious directories initiating network connections towards file sharing do. Logsource: windows / network_connection. Rule: title: Network Communication Initiated To File Sharing Domains From Process Located In Suspicious Folder id: e0f8ab85-0ac9-423b-a73a-81b3c7b1aa97 related: - id: 635dbb88-67b3-4b41-9ea5-a3af2dd88153 type: obsolete - id: 8b48ad89-10d8-4382-a546-50588c410f0d type: similar - id: d635249d-86b5-4dad-a8c7-d7272b788586 type: similar - id: 52182dfb-afb7-41db-b4bc-5336cb29b464 type: similar - id: ae02ed70-11aa-4a22-b397-c0d0e8f6ea99 type: similar - id: 7b434893-c57d-4f41-908d-6a17bf1ae98f type: similar - id: 8518ed3d-f7c9-4601-a26c-f361a4256a0c type: similar - id: 42a5f1e7-9603-4f6d-97ae-3f37d130d794 type: similar - id: 56454143-524f-49fb-b1c6-3fb8b1ad41fb type: similar - id: b6e04788-29e1-4557-bb14-77f761848ab8 type: similar - id: a0d7e4d2-bede-4141-8896-bc6e237e977c type: similar - id: 297ae038-edc2-4b2e-bb3e-7c5fc94dd5c7 type: similar status: test description: Detects executables located in potentially suspicious directories initiating network connections towards file sharing domains. references: - https://twitter.com/M_haggis/status/900741347035889665 - https://twitter.com/M_haggis/status/1032799638213066752 - https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/ransomware-hive-conti-avoslocker - https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-321a - https://github.com/EmpireProject/Empire/blob/e37fb2eef8ff8f5a0a689f1589f424906fe13055/data/module_source/exfil/Invoke-ExfilDataToGitHub.ps1 author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2018-08-30 modified: 2026-03-29 tags: - attack.command-and-control - attack.t1105 logsource: category: network_connection product: windows detection: selection_paths: Image|contains: - :\$Recycle.bin - :\Perflogs\ - :\Temp\ - :\Users\Default\ - :\Users\Public\ - :\Windows\Fonts\ - :\Windows\IME\ - :\Windows\System32\Tasks\ - :\Windows\Tasks\ - :\Windows\Temp\ - \AppData\Temp\ - \config\systemprofile\ - \Windows\addins\ selection_domains: Initiated: 'true' DestinationHostname|endswith: - .githubusercontent.com - 0x0.st - anonfiles.com - bashupload.com - cdn.discordapp.com - chunk.io - ddns.net - dl.dropboxusercontent.com - ghostbin.co - github.com - glitch.me - gofile.io - hastebin.com - mediafire.com - mega.co.nz - mega.nz - onrender.com - pages.dev - paste.ee - pastebin.com - pastebin.pl - pastetext.net - pixeldrain.com - privatlab.com - privatlab.net - send.exploit.in - sendspace.com - storage.googleapis.com - storjshare.io - supabase.co - temp.sh - transfer.sh - trycloudfl
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects remote thread creation in the "mstsc.exe" process by a process located in a potentially suspicious location. Thi. Logsource: windows / create_remote_thread. Rule: title: Remote Thread Creation In Mstsc.Exe From Suspicious Location id: c0aac16a-b1e7-4330-bab0-3c27bb4987c7 status: test description: 'Detects remote thread creation in the "mstsc.exe" process by a process located in a potentially suspicious location. This technique is often used by attackers in order to hook some APIs used by DLLs loaded by "mstsc.exe" during RDP authentications in order to steal credentials. ' references: - https://github.com/S12cybersecurity/RDPCredentialStealer/blob/1b8947cdd065a06c1b62e80967d3c7af895fcfed/APIHookInjectorBin/APIHookInjectorBin/Inject.h#L25 author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2023-07-28 modified: 2024-01-22 tags: - attack.credential-access logsource: product: windows category: create_remote_thread detection: selection: TargetImage|endswith: \mstsc.exe SourceImage|contains: - :\Temp\ - :\Users\Public\ - :\Windows\PerfLogs\ - :\Windows\Tasks\ - :\Windows\Temp\ - \AppData\Local\Temp\ condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: high