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Dev-0228 File Path Hashes November 2021 (ASIM Version)

Author
Microsoft Security Research
Source
upstream

'This hunting query looks for file paths/hashes related to observed activity by Dev-0228. The actor is known to use custom version of popular tool like PsExec, Procdump etc. to carry its activity. The risk score associated with each result is based on a number of factors, hosts with higher risk events should be investigated first. This query uses the Microsoft Sentinel Information Model - https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/sentinel/normalization'

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
ExecutionT1569 System Services
Credential AccessT1003 OS Credential Dumping

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon1Process creation
Sysmon5Process terminated
Security-Auditing4688A new process has been created.
Security-Auditing4689A process has exited.

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: source

imProcessCreate

Stage 2: where

or
  and
    ActingProcessSHA256 match "FileHash1"
    Process match "files1"
  and
    ActingProcessSHA256 match "FileHash2"
    Process match "files2"

Stage 3: join

Stage 4: extend

Stage 5: extend

Stage 6: extend

Stage 7: extend

Stage 8: project-away

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
ActingProcessSHA256match
  • FileHash1
  • FileHash2
Processmatch
  • files1
  • files2