Dev-0530 File Extension Rename


Description

'Dev-0530 actors are known to encrypt the contents of the victims device as well as renaming the file extensions. This query looks for the creation of files with .h0lyenc extension or presence of ransom note.'

Query · kql

union isfuzzy=true
    (DeviceFileEvents
    | where ActionType == "FileCreated"
    | where FileName endswith ".h0lyenc" or FolderPath == "C:\\FOR_DECRYPT.html"
    | summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated)
        by
        AccountName = InitiatingProcessAccountName, AccountDomain = InitiatingProcessAccountDomain,
        DeviceName,
        Type,
        InitiatingProcessId,
        FileName,
        FolderPath,
        EventType = ActionType,
        Commandline = InitiatingProcessCommandLine,
        InitiatingProcessFileName,
        InitiatingProcessSHA256,
        FileHashCustomEntity = SHA256,
        AlgorithmCustomEntity = "SHA256"
    | extend HostName = tostring(split(DeviceName, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(DeviceName, '.'))
    | extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(DeviceName, DomainIndex + 1), DeviceName)
    ),
    (imFileEvent
    | where EventType == "FileCreated"
    | where TargetFilePath endswith ".h0lyenc" or TargetFilePath == "C:\\FOR_DECRYPT.html"
    | summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated)
        by
        ActorUsername,
        DvcHostname,
        DvcDomain,
        DvcId,
        Type,
        EventType,
        FileHashCustomEntity = TargetFileSHA256,
        Hash,
        TargetFilePath,
        Commandline = ActingProcessCommandLine,
        AlgorithmCustomEntity = "SHA256"
    | extend AccountName = tostring(split(ActorUsername, @'\')[1]), AccountDomain = tostring(split(ActorUsername, @'\')[0])
    | extend HostName = DvcHostname, HostNameDomain = DvcDomain
    | extend DeviceName = strcat(DvcHostname, ".", DvcDomain )
    )
Raw source Dev-0530 File Extension Rename · KQL
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id: d82eb796-d1eb-43c8-a813-325ce3417cef
name: Dev-0530 File Extension Rename
description: |
  'Dev-0530 actors are known to encrypt the contents of the victims device as well as renaming the file extensions. This query looks for the creation of files with .h0lyenc extension or presence of ransom note.'
severity: High
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: MicrosoftThreatProtection
    dataTypes:
      - DeviceFileEvents
queryFrequency: 1d
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - Impact
relevantTechniques:
  - T1486
tags:
  - Dev-0530
  - Schema: ASIMFileEvent
    SchemaVersion: 0.1.0
query: |
  union isfuzzy=true
      (DeviceFileEvents
      | where ActionType == "FileCreated"
      | where FileName endswith ".h0lyenc" or FolderPath == "C:\\FOR_DECRYPT.html"
      | summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated)
          by
          AccountName = InitiatingProcessAccountName, AccountDomain = InitiatingProcessAccountDomain,
          DeviceName,
          Type,
          InitiatingProcessId,
          FileName,
          FolderPath,
          EventType = ActionType,
          Commandline = InitiatingProcessCommandLine,
          InitiatingProcessFileName,
          InitiatingProcessSHA256,
          FileHashCustomEntity = SHA256,
          AlgorithmCustomEntity = "SHA256"
      | extend HostName = tostring(split(DeviceName, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(DeviceName, '.'))
      | extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(DeviceName, DomainIndex + 1), DeviceName)
      ),
      (imFileEvent
      | where EventType == "FileCreated"
      | where TargetFilePath endswith ".h0lyenc" or TargetFilePath == "C:\\FOR_DECRYPT.html"
      | summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated)
          by
          ActorUsername,
          DvcHostname,
          DvcDomain,
          DvcId,
          Type,
          EventType,
          FileHashCustomEntity = TargetFileSHA256,
          Hash,
          TargetFilePath,
          Commandline = ActingProcessCommandLine,
          AlgorithmCustomEntity = "SHA256"
      | extend AccountName = tostring(split(ActorUsername, @'\')[1]), AccountDomain = tostring(split(ActorUsername, @'\')[0])
      | extend HostName = DvcHostname, HostNameDomain = DvcDomain
      | extend DeviceName = strcat(DvcHostname, ".", DvcDomain )
      )
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: ActorUserName
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: AccountName
      - identifier: NTDomain
        columnName: AccountDomain
  - entityType: Host
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: DeviceName
      - identifier: HostName
        columnName: HostName
      - identifier: DnsDomain
        columnName: HostNameDomain
  - entityType: FileHash
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Algorithm
        columnName: AlgorithmCustomEntity
      - identifier: Value
        columnName: FileHashCustomEntity
version: 1.1.1
kind: Scheduled
metadata:
    source:
        kind: Community
    author:
        name: Microsoft Security Research
    support:
        tier: Community
    categories:
        domains: [ "Security - Others" ]

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