Detection rules › Sigma

ISO File Created Within Temp Folders

Severity
high
Author
@sam0x90
Source
upstream

Detects the creation of a ISO file in the Outlook temp folder or in the Appdata temp folder. Typical of Qakbot TTP from end-July 2022.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Initial AccessT1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon11FileCreate

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: 1 of selection_1

TargetFilename|endswith: .iso
TargetFilename|contains: '.zip\'
TargetFilename|contains: '\AppData\Local\Temp\'

Stage 2: 1 of selection_2

TargetFilename|endswith: .iso
TargetFilename|contains: '\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\'

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
TargetFilenameends_with
  • .iso corpus 5 (sigma 5)
TargetFilenamematch
  • .zip\
  • \AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\
  • \AppData\Local\Temp\ corpus 11 (sigma 11)