Potential Crypto Mining Activity

stablehigh
Log-Quelle: windows · process_creationAutor Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Datum 2021-10-26
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Beschreibung

Was dies ist, in Kürze.

Detects command line parameters or strings often used by crypto miners

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Tags

attack.impactattack.t1496
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Regelquelle (YAML)

title: Potential Crypto Mining Activity
id: 66c3b204-9f88-4d0a-a7f7-8a57d521ca55
status: stable
description: Detects command line parameters or strings often used by crypto miners
references:
    - https://www.poolwatch.io/coin/monero
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-10-26
modified: 2023-02-13
tags:
    - attack.impact
    - attack.t1496
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - ' --cpu-priority='
            - '--donate-level=0'
            - ' -o pool.'
            - ' --nicehash'
            - ' --algo=rx/0 '
            - 'stratum+tcp://'
            - 'stratum+udp://'
            # base64 encoded: --donate-level=
            - 'LS1kb25hdGUtbGV2ZWw9'
            - '0tZG9uYXRlLWxldmVsP'
            - 'tLWRvbmF0ZS1sZXZlbD'
            # base64 encoded: stratum+tcp:// and stratum+udp://
            - 'c3RyYXR1bSt0Y3A6Ly'
            - 'N0cmF0dW0rdGNwOi8v'
            - 'zdHJhdHVtK3RjcDovL'
            - 'c3RyYXR1bSt1ZHA6Ly'
            - 'N0cmF0dW0rdWRwOi8v'
            - 'zdHJhdHVtK3VkcDovL'
    filter:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - ' pool.c '
            - ' pool.o '
            - 'gcc -'
    condition: selection and not filter
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate use of crypto miners
    - Some build frameworks
level: high
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erkennt Techniken (1)

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Referenzen

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