Potential EmpireMonkey Activity

testhigh
log source: windows · process_creationauthor Markus Neis, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)date 2019-04-02
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description

What this is, in brief.

Detects potential EmpireMonkey APT activity

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tags

attack.stealthattack.t1218.010detection.emerging-threats
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rule source (YAML)

title: Potential EmpireMonkey Activity
id: 10152a7b-b566-438f-a33c-390b607d1c8d
status: test
description: Detects potential EmpireMonkey APT activity
references:
    - https://securelist.com/fin7-5-the-infamous-cybercrime-rig-fin7-continues-its-activities/90703/
    - https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/actor/anthropoid_spider
author: Markus Neis, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2019-04-02
modified: 2023-03-09
tags:
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1218.010
    - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - '/e:jscript' # This is a guess since the report doesn't mention the method of execution. This assumes that it is achieved via specifying the execution engine
            - '\Local\Temp\Errors.bat'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: high
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detects techniques (1)

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

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references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.