Suspicious File Rename via SMB

Description

Identifies an incoming SMB connection followed by a suspicious file rename operation. This may indicate a remote ransomware attack via the SMB protocol.

Query · eql

sequence with maxspan=3s
 [network where event.action == "connection_accepted" and destination.port == 445 and source.port >= 49152 and
  process.pid == 4 and network.type == "ipv4" and not endswith(source.address, destination.address) and
  source.ip != "127.0.0.1" and source.ip != "::1" ]
 [file where event.action == "rename" and process.pid == 4 and user.id like ("S-1-5-21*", "S-1-12-*") and
  file.extension != null and file.Ext.entropy >= 6 and file.path : "C:\\Users\\*" and
  file.Ext.original.name : ("*.jpg", "*.bmp", "*.png", "*.pdf", "*.doc", "*.docx", "*.xls", "*.xlsx", "*.ppt", "*.pptx", "*.lnk", "*.txt") and
  not file.extension in~ ("jpg", "bmp", "png", "pdf", "doc", "docx", "xls", "xlsx", "ppt", "pptx", "lnk", "txt")]
 [file where event.action == "rename" and process.pid == 4 and user.id like ("S-1-5-21*", "S-1-12-*") and
  file.extension != null and file.Ext.entropy >= 6 and file.path : "C:\\Users\\*" and
  file.Ext.original.name : ("*.jpg", "*.bmp", "*.png", "*.pdf", "*.doc", "*.docx", "*.xls", "*.xlsx", "*.ppt", "*.pptx", "*.lnk", "*.txt") and
  not file.extension in~ ("jpg", "bmp", "png", "pdf", "doc", "docx", "xls", "xlsx", "ppt", "pptx", "lnk", "txt")]
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Published by elastic/protections-artifacts ↗, licensed under Elastic License 2.0 ↗. Reproduced here unmodified. 
[rule]
description = """
Identifies an incoming SMB connection followed by a suspicious file rename operation. This may indicate a remote
ransomware attack via the SMB protocol.
"""
id = "58b7beb4-0b8a-4196-a17d-7317620ef495"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Suspicious File Rename via SMB"
os_list = ["windows"]
version = "1.0.6"

query = '''
sequence with maxspan=3s
 [network where event.action == "connection_accepted" and destination.port == 445 and source.port >= 49152 and
  process.pid == 4 and network.type == "ipv4" and not endswith(source.address, destination.address) and
  source.ip != "127.0.0.1" and source.ip != "::1" ]
 [file where event.action == "rename" and process.pid == 4 and user.id like ("S-1-5-21*", "S-1-12-*") and
  file.extension != null and file.Ext.entropy >= 6 and file.path : "C:\\Users\\*" and
  file.Ext.original.name : ("*.jpg", "*.bmp", "*.png", "*.pdf", "*.doc", "*.docx", "*.xls", "*.xlsx", "*.ppt", "*.pptx", "*.lnk", "*.txt") and
  not file.extension in~ ("jpg", "bmp", "png", "pdf", "doc", "docx", "xls", "xlsx", "ppt", "pptx", "lnk", "txt")]
 [file where event.action == "rename" and process.pid == 4 and user.id like ("S-1-5-21*", "S-1-12-*") and
  file.extension != null and file.Ext.entropy >= 6 and file.path : "C:\\Users\\*" and
  file.Ext.original.name : ("*.jpg", "*.bmp", "*.png", "*.pdf", "*.doc", "*.docx", "*.xls", "*.xlsx", "*.ppt", "*.pptx", "*.lnk", "*.txt") and
  not file.extension in~ ("jpg", "bmp", "png", "pdf", "doc", "docx", "xls", "xlsx", "ppt", "pptx", "lnk", "txt")]
'''

actions = []
min_endpoint_version = "8.4.0"
[[optional_actions]]
action = "rollback"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 0

[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1486"
name = "Data Encrypted for Impact"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1486/"

[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1490"
name = "Inhibit System Recovery"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1490/"


[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0040"
name = "Impact"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0040/"

[internal]
min_endpoint_version = "8.4.0"

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