Silk Typhoon Suspicious File Downloads.


Description

'This query looks for messages related to file downloads of suspicious file types. This query uses the Exchange HttpProxy AOBGeneratorLog, you will need to onboard this log as a custom log under the table http_proxy_oab_CL before using this query. Reference: https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/03/02/hafnium-targeting-exchange-servers/'

Query · kql

let scriptExtensions = dynamic([".php", ".jsp", ".js", ".aspx", ".asmx", ".asax", ".cfm", ".shtml"]);
http_proxy_oab_CL
| where RawData contains "Download failed and temporary file"
| extend File = extract("([^\\\\]*)(\\\\[^']*)",2,RawData)
| extend Extension = strcat(".",split(File, ".")[-1])
| extend InteractiveFile = iif(Extension in (scriptExtensions), "Yes", "No")
// Uncomment the following line to alert only on interactive file download type
//| where InteractiveFile =~ "Yes"
| extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Computer, '.'))
| extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Computer, DomainIndex + 1), Computer)
Raw source Silk Typhoon Suspicious File Downloads. · KQL
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Published by Azure/Azure-Sentinel ↗, licensed under MIT ↗. Reproduced here unmodified.
id: 03e04c97-8cae-48b3-9d2f-4ab262e4ffff
name: Silk Typhoon Suspicious File Downloads.
description: |
  'This query looks for messages related to file downloads of suspicious file types. This query uses the Exchange HttpProxy AOBGeneratorLog, you will need to onboard this log as a custom log under the table http_proxy_oab_CL before using this query. 
  Reference: https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/03/02/hafnium-targeting-exchange-servers/'
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors: []
queryFrequency: 1d
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - InitialAccess
relevantTechniques:
  - T1190
query: |
  let scriptExtensions = dynamic([".php", ".jsp", ".js", ".aspx", ".asmx", ".asax", ".cfm", ".shtml"]);
  http_proxy_oab_CL
  | where RawData contains "Download failed and temporary file"
  | extend File = extract("([^\\\\]*)(\\\\[^']*)",2,RawData)
  | extend Extension = strcat(".",split(File, ".")[-1])
  | extend InteractiveFile = iif(Extension in (scriptExtensions), "Yes", "No")
  // Uncomment the following line to alert only on interactive file download type
  //| where InteractiveFile =~ "Yes"
  | extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Computer, '.'))
  | extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Computer, DomainIndex + 1), Computer)
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Host
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: Computer
      - identifier: HostName
        columnName: HostName
      - identifier: DnsDomain
        columnName: HostNameDomain
version: 1.0.3
kind: Scheduled
metadata:
    source:
        kind: Community
    author:
        name: Microsoft Security Research
    support:
        tier: Community
    categories:
        domains: [ "Security - 0-day Vulnerability" ]

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