Abusing settingcontent-ms


Description

Sample query that search for .settingcontent-ms that has been downloaded from the web. Through Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Outlook. For questions @MiladMSFT on Twitter or milad.aslaner@microsoft.com.

Query · kql

DeviceFileEvents
| where InitiatingProcessFileName in~ ("browser_broker.exe", "chrome.exe", "iexplore.exe", "firefox.exe", "outlook.exe")
| where FileName endswith ".settingcontent-ms"
// The FileOrigin* columns are available only on Edge and Chrome and from Windows 10 version 1703
// https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Threat-Intelligence/Hunting-tip-of-the-month-Browser-downloads/td-p/220454
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, FileName, FolderPath, FileOriginUrl, FileOriginReferrerUrl, FileOriginIP
Raw source Abusing settingcontent-ms · KQL
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id: 07a17371-bea3-41e5-91d1-99728cd44955
name: Abusing settingcontent-ms
description: |
  Sample query that search for .settingcontent-ms that has been downloaded from the web.
  Through Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Outlook.
  For questions @MiladMSFT on Twitter or milad.aslaner@microsoft.com.
requiredDataConnectors:
- connectorId: MicrosoftThreatProtection
  dataTypes:
  - DeviceFileEvents
query: |
  DeviceFileEvents
  | where InitiatingProcessFileName in~ ("browser_broker.exe", "chrome.exe", "iexplore.exe", "firefox.exe", "outlook.exe")
  | where FileName endswith ".settingcontent-ms"
  // The FileOrigin* columns are available only on Edge and Chrome and from Windows 10 version 1703
  // https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Threat-Intelligence/Hunting-tip-of-the-month-Browser-downloads/td-p/220454
  | project Timestamp, DeviceName, FileName, FolderPath, FileOriginUrl, FileOriginReferrerUrl, FileOriginIP

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