Dev-0228 File Path Hashes November 2021 (ASIM Version)


Description

'This hunting query looks for file paths/hashes related to observed activity by Dev-0228. The actor is known to use custom version of popular tool like PsExec, Procdump etc. to carry its activity. The risk score associated with each result is based on a number of factors, hosts with higher risk events should be investigated first. This query uses the Microsoft Sentinel Information Model - https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/sentinel/normalization'

Query · kql

let files1 = dynamic(["C:\\Windows\\TAPI\\lsa.exe", "C:\\Windows\\TAPI\\pa.exe", "C:\\Windows\\TAPI\\pc.exe", "C:\\Windows\\TAPI\\Rar.exe"]);
let files2 = dynamic(["svchost.exe","wdmsvc.exe"]);
let FileHash1 = dynamic(["43109fbe8b752f7a9076eaafa417d9ae5c6e827cd5374b866672263fdebd5ec3", "ab50d8d707b97712178a92bbac74ccc2a5699eb41c17aa77f713ff3e568dcedb", "010e32be0f86545e116a8bc3381a8428933eb8789f32c261c81fd5e7857d4a77",     "56cd102b9fc7f3523dad01d632525ff673259dbc9a091be0feff333c931574f7"]);
let FileHash2 = dynamic(["2a1044e9e6e87a032f80c6d9ea6ae61bbbb053c0a21b186ecb3b812b49eb03b7", "9ab7e99ed84f94a7b6409b87e56dc6e1143b05034a5e4455e8c555dbbcd0d2dd", "18a072ccfab239e140d8f682e2874e8ff19d94311fc8bb9564043d3e0deda54b"]);
imProcessCreate
| where ((Process has_any (files1)) and (ActingProcessSHA256 has_any (FileHash1))) or ((Process has_any (files2)) and (ActingProcessSHA256 has_any (FileHash2)))
// Increase risk score if recent alerts for the host
| join kind=leftouter (
  SecurityAlert
  | where ProviderName =~ "MDATP"
  | extend ThreatName = tostring(parse_json(ExtendedProperties).ThreatName)
  | mv-expand todynamic(Entities)
  | extend DvcId = tostring(parse_json(Entities).MdatpDeviceId)
  | where isnotempty(DvcId)
  // Higher risk score are for Defender alerts related to threat actor
  | extend AlertRiskScore = iif(ThreatName has_any ("Backdoor:MSIL/ShellClient.A", "Backdoor:MSIL/ShellClient.A!dll", "Trojan:MSIL/Mimikatz.BA!MTB"), 1.0, 0.5)
  | project DvcId, AlertRiskScore) 
  on DvcId
| extend AlertRiskScore = iif(isempty(AlertRiskScore), 0.0, AlertRiskScore)
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(ActorUsername, @'\')[1]), AccountNTDomain = tostring(split(ActorUsername, @'\')[0])
| extend HostName = tostring(split(Dvc, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Dvc, '.'))
| extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Dvc, DomainIndex + 1), Dvc)
| project-away DomainIndex

Rule dependencies

Depends on

  • correlates · Sentinel SecurityAlert
    An external product alert, not indexed on this site.
Raw source Dev-0228 File Path Hashes November 2021 (ASIM Version) · KQL
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Published by Azure/Azure-Sentinel ↗, licensed under MIT ↗. Reproduced here unmodified.
id: 29a29e5d-354e-4f5e-8321-8b39d25047bf
name: Dev-0228 File Path Hashes November 2021 (ASIM Version)
description: |
   'This hunting query looks for file paths/hashes related to observed activity by Dev-0228. The actor is known to use custom version of popular tool like PsExec, Procdump etc. to carry its activity.
    The risk score associated with each result is based on a number of factors, hosts with higher risk events should be investigated first.
    This query uses the Microsoft Sentinel Information Model - https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/sentinel/normalization'
severity: High
requiredDataConnectors: []
queryFrequency: 6h
queryPeriod: 6h
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - CredentialAccess
  - Execution
relevantTechniques:
  - T1569
  - T1003
query: | 
  let files1 = dynamic(["C:\\Windows\\TAPI\\lsa.exe", "C:\\Windows\\TAPI\\pa.exe", "C:\\Windows\\TAPI\\pc.exe", "C:\\Windows\\TAPI\\Rar.exe"]);
  let files2 = dynamic(["svchost.exe","wdmsvc.exe"]);
  let FileHash1 = dynamic(["43109fbe8b752f7a9076eaafa417d9ae5c6e827cd5374b866672263fdebd5ec3", "ab50d8d707b97712178a92bbac74ccc2a5699eb41c17aa77f713ff3e568dcedb", "010e32be0f86545e116a8bc3381a8428933eb8789f32c261c81fd5e7857d4a77",     "56cd102b9fc7f3523dad01d632525ff673259dbc9a091be0feff333c931574f7"]);
  let FileHash2 = dynamic(["2a1044e9e6e87a032f80c6d9ea6ae61bbbb053c0a21b186ecb3b812b49eb03b7", "9ab7e99ed84f94a7b6409b87e56dc6e1143b05034a5e4455e8c555dbbcd0d2dd", "18a072ccfab239e140d8f682e2874e8ff19d94311fc8bb9564043d3e0deda54b"]);
  imProcessCreate
  | where ((Process has_any (files1)) and (ActingProcessSHA256 has_any (FileHash1))) or ((Process has_any (files2)) and (ActingProcessSHA256 has_any (FileHash2)))
  // Increase risk score if recent alerts for the host
  | join kind=leftouter (
    SecurityAlert
    | where ProviderName =~ "MDATP"
    | extend ThreatName = tostring(parse_json(ExtendedProperties).ThreatName)
    | mv-expand todynamic(Entities)
    | extend DvcId = tostring(parse_json(Entities).MdatpDeviceId)
    | where isnotempty(DvcId)
    // Higher risk score are for Defender alerts related to threat actor
    | extend AlertRiskScore = iif(ThreatName has_any ("Backdoor:MSIL/ShellClient.A", "Backdoor:MSIL/ShellClient.A!dll", "Trojan:MSIL/Mimikatz.BA!MTB"), 1.0, 0.5)
    | project DvcId, AlertRiskScore) 
    on DvcId
  | extend AlertRiskScore = iif(isempty(AlertRiskScore), 0.0, AlertRiskScore)
  | extend AccountName = tostring(split(ActorUsername, @'\')[1]), AccountNTDomain = tostring(split(ActorUsername, @'\')[0])
  | extend HostName = tostring(split(Dvc, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Dvc, '.'))
  | extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Dvc, DomainIndex + 1), Dvc)
  | project-away DomainIndex
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: ActorUsername
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: AccountName
      - identifier: NTDomain
        columnName: AccountNTDomain
  - entityType: Host
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: Dvc
      - identifier: HostName
        columnName: HostName
      - identifier: DnsDomain
        columnName: HostNameDomain
  - entityType: File
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: ActingProcessFilename
version: 1.2.3
kind: Scheduled
metadata:
    source:
        kind: Community
    author:
        name: Microsoft Security Research
    support:
        tier: Community
    categories:
        domains: [ "Security - Threat Intelligence" ]

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