Potential Qakbot Registry Activity


Description

Detects a registry key used by IceID in a campaign that distributes malicious OneNote files

Query · sigma

selection:
  TargetObject|endswith: \Software\firm\soft\Name
condition: selection

Known false positives

  • Unknown
Raw source Potential Qakbot Registry Activity · Sigma
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title: Potential Qakbot Registry Activity
id: 1c8e96cd-2bed-487d-9de0-b46c90cade56
status: test
description: Detects a registry key used by IceID in a campaign that distributes malicious OneNote files
references:
    - https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/onenote-growing-threat-malware-distribution
author: Hieu Tran
date: 2023-03-13
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1112
logsource:
    category: registry_event
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|endswith: '\Software\firm\soft\Name'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high

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