Suspicious Execution from INET Cache
Description
Identifies the execution of a process with arguments pointing to the INetCache Folder. Adversaries may deliver malicious content via WININET during initial access.
Query · eql
process where event.action == "start" and
process.parent.name : ("explorer.exe", "winrar.exe", "7zFM.exe", "Bandizip.exe") and
(process.command_line : "*\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Windows\\INetCache\\IE\\*" or
process.executable : "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Windows\\INetCache\\IE\\*") and
not (process.code_signature.subject_name :
("Google LLC", "Google Inc","Mozilla Corporation", "Zhuhai Kingsoft Office Software Co., Ltd.",
"VideoLAN") and
process.code_signature.trusted == true) and
not (process.name : "rundll32.exe" and
process.args : ("cryptext.dll,CryptExtAddCER", "cryptext.dll,CryptExtOpenCER", "ieframe.dll,OpenUR", "C:\\Windows\\System32\\ieframe.dll,OpenURL")) and
not process.executable :
("?:\\Program Files\\*.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\*.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\mspaint.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\notepad.exe",
"C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Codecs\\mpc-hc.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\CCM\\*.exe",
"?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe") and
not (process.code_signature.trusted == true and not process.code_signature.subject_name : "Microsoft*")