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Process executed from binary hidden in Base64 encoded file

Description

'Encoding malicious software is a technique used to obfuscate files from detection. The first CommandLine component is looking for Python decoding base64. The second CommandLine component is looking for Bash/sh command line base64 decoding. The third one is looking for Ruby decoding base64.'
Type de règle
Scheduled
Version
1.1.4
Statut déclaré
Available
Fréquence
1d
Période analysée
1d
Déclenchement
gt 0

Couverture MITRE déclarée

Sources déclarées

Métadonnées du fichier source. Aucune dépendance déduite du KQL.

Connecteurs

Types de données

Requête KQL

Requête originale, sans modification.

let ProcessCreationEvents=(union isfuzzy=true
(SecurityEvent
| where EventID==4688
| where isnotempty(CommandLine)
| project TimeGenerated, Computer, Account = SubjectUserName, AccountDomain = SubjectDomainName, FileName = Process, CommandLine, ParentProcessName
),
(WindowsEvent
| where EventID==4688
| where EventData has_any (".decode('base64')", "base64 --decode", ".decode64(" )
| extend CommandLine = tostring(EventData.CommandLine)
| where isnotempty(CommandLine)
| extend SubjectUserName = tostring(EventData.SubjectUserName)
| extend SubjectDomainName = tostring(EventData.SubjectDomainName)
| extend NewProcessName = tostring(EventData.NewProcessName)
| extend FileName=tostring(split(NewProcessName, '\\')[-1])
| extend ParentProcessName = tostring(EventData.ParentProcessName)
| project TimeGenerated, Computer, Account = SubjectUserName, AccountDomain = SubjectDomainName, CommandLine, ParentProcessName
));
ProcessCreationEvents 
| where CommandLine contains ".decode('base64')"
        or CommandLine contains "base64 --decode"
        or CommandLine contains ".decode64(" 
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), CountToday = count() by Computer, Account, AccountDomain, FileName, CommandLine, ParentProcessName
| extend HostName = iif(Computer has '.',substring(Computer,0,indexof(Computer,'.')),Computer) , DnsDomain = iif(Computer has '.',substring(Computer,indexof(Computer,'.')+1),'')

Entités déclarées

AccountHost

Contenus associés

Liens établis à partir des identifiants déclarés et des manifests des solutions.

Traçabilité de la source

GitHub

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Identifiant source
d6190dde-8fd2-456a-ac5b-0a32400b0464
Autres fichiers source 3Solutions/Endpoint Threat Protection Essentials/Analytic Rules/execute_base64_decodedpayload.yamlsource ↗Detections/SecurityEvent/execute_base64_decodedpayload.yamlmigration-note ↗Solutions/Endpoint Threat Protection Essentials/Data/Solution_EndpointThreatProtectionEssentials.jsonsolution-membership ↗
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