Query: alert when Detects file access to browser credential storage paths by non-browser processes, which may indicate credential access a
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects file access to browser credential storage paths by non-browser processes, which may indicate credential access a. Logsource: windows / file_access. Rule: title: Suspicious File Access to Browser Credential Storage id: a1dfd976-4852-41d4-9507-dc6590a3ccd0 status: experimental description: 'Detects file access to browser credential storage paths by non-browser processes, which may indicate credential access attempts. Adversaries may attempt to access browser credential storage to extract sensitive information such as usernames and passwords or cookies. This behavior is often commonly observed in credential stealing malware. ' references: - https://github.com/splunk/security_content/blob/7283ba3723551f46b69dfeb23a63b358afb2cb0e/lookups/browser_app_list.csv?plain=1 - https://fourcore.io/blogs/threat-hunting-browser-credential-stealing author: frack113, X__Junior (Nextron Systems), Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems), Parth-FourCore date: 2025-05-22 tags: - attack.credential-access - attack.t1555.003 - attack.discovery - attack.t1217 logsource: category: file_access product: windows detection: selection_browser_paths: FileName|contains: - \Sputnik\Sputnik - \MapleStudio\ChromePlus - \QIP Surf - \BlackHawk - \7Star\7Star - \CatalinaGroup\Citrio - \Google\Chrome - \Coowon\Coowon - \CocCoc\Browser - \uCozMedia\Uran - \Tencent\QQBrowser - \Orbitum - \Slimjet - \Iridium - \Vivaldi - \Chromium - \GhostBrowser - \CentBrowser - \Xvast - \Chedot - \SuperBird - \360Browser\Browser - \360Chrome\Chrome - \Comodo\Dragon - \BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser - \Torch - \UCBrowser\ - \Blisk - \Epic Privacy Browser - \Nichrome - \Amigo - \Kometa - \Xpom - \Microsoft\Edge - \Liebao7Default\EncryptedStorage - \AVAST Software\Browser - \Kinza - \Mozilla\SeaMonkey\ - \Comodo\IceDragon\ - \8pecxstudios\Cyberfox\ - \FlashPeak\SlimBrowser\ - \Moonchild Productions\Pale Moon\ selection_browser_subpaths: FileName|contains: - \Profiles\ - \User Data selection_cred_files: - FileName|contains: - \Login Data - \Cookies - \EncryptedStorage - \WebCache\ - FileName|endswith: - cert9.db - cookies.sqlite - formhistory.sqlite - key3.db - key4.db - Login Data.sqlite - logins.json - places.sqlite filter_main_img: Image|endswith: - \Sputnik.exe - \ChromePlus.exe - \QIP Surf.exe - \BlackHawk.exe - \7Star.exe - \Sleipnir5.exe - \Citrio.exe - \Chrome SxS.exe - \Chrome.exe - \Coowon.exe - \CocCocBrowser.exe - \Uran.exe - \QQBrowser.exe - \Orbitum.exe - \Slimjet.exe - \Iridium.exe - \Vivaldi.exe - \Chromium.exe - \GhostBrowser.exe - \CentBrowser.exe - \Xvast.exe - \Chedot.exe - \SuperBird.exe - \360Browser.exe - \360Chrome.exe - \dragon.exe - \brave.e
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects PowerShell scripts that make use of the "Compress-Archive" Cmdlet in order to compress folders and files where t. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Folder Compress To Potentially Suspicious Output Via Compress-Archive Cmdlet id: 85a8e5ba-bd03-4bfb-bbfa-a4409a8f8b98 related: - id: 71ff406e-b633-4989-96ec-bc49d825a412 type: similar - id: daf7eb81-35fd-410d-9d7a-657837e602bb type: similar - id: b7a3c9a3-09ea-4934-8864-6a32cacd98d9 type: similar status: test description: 'Detects PowerShell scripts that make use of the "Compress-Archive" Cmdlet in order to compress folders and files where the output is stored in a potentially suspicious location that is used often by malware for exfiltration. An adversary might compress data (e.g., sensitive documents) that is collected prior to exfiltration in order to make it portable and minimize the amount of data sent over the network. ' references: - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1074.001/T1074.001.md - https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-347a author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), frack113 date: 2021-07-20 modified: 2022-10-09 tags: - attack.collection - attack.t1074.001 logsource: product: windows category: process_creation detection: selection: CommandLine|contains: - Compress-Archive -Path*-DestinationPath $env:TEMP - Compress-Archive -Path*-DestinationPath*\AppData\Local\Temp\ - Compress-Archive -Path*-DestinationPath*:\Windows\Temp\ condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: medium