Potential APT FIN7 Exploitation Activity


Description

Detects potential APT FIN7 exploitation activity as reported by Google. In order to obtain initial access, FIN7 used compromised Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) credentials to login to a target server and initiate specific Windows process chains.

Query · sigma

selection_notepad_plus:
  ParentImage|endswith: \notepad++.exe
  Image|endswith: \cmd.exe
selection_rdpinit:
  ParentImage|endswith: \rdpinit.exe
  Image|endswith: \notepad++.exe
condition: 1 of selection_*

Known false positives

  • Notepad++ can legitimately spawn cmd (Open Containing Folder in CMD)
Raw source Potential APT FIN7 Exploitation Activity · Sigma
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title: Potential APT FIN7 Exploitation Activity
id: 6676896b-2cce-422d-82af-5a1abe65e241
status: test
description: |
    Detects potential APT FIN7 exploitation activity as reported by Google.
    In order to obtain initial access, FIN7 used compromised Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) credentials to login to a target server and initiate specific Windows process chains.
references:
    - https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/evolution-of-fin7/
author: Alex Walston (@4ayymm)
date: 2024-07-29
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1059.001
    - attack.t1059.003
    - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_notepad_plus:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\notepad++.exe'
        Image|endswith: '\cmd.exe'
    selection_rdpinit:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\rdpinit.exe'
        Image|endswith: '\notepad++.exe'
    condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Notepad++ can legitimately spawn cmd (Open Containing Folder in CMD)
level: medium

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