Detection rules › Sigma

CodePage Modification Via MODE.COM To Russian Language

Severity
medium
Author
Joseliyo Sanchez, @Joseliyo_Jstnk
Source
upstream

Detects a CodePage modification using the "mode.com" utility to Russian language. This behavior has been used by threat actors behind Dharma ransomware.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Defense EvasionT1036 Masquerading

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon1Process creation

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: all of selection_img

or:
Image|endswith: '\mode.com'
OriginalFileName: MODE.COM

Stage 2: all of selection_cli

or:
CommandLine|endswith: '=1251'
CommandLine|endswith: '=866'
CommandLine|contains: ' con '
CommandLine|contains: ' cp '
CommandLine|contains: ' select='

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
CommandLineends_with
  • =1251
  • =866
CommandLinematch
  • con
  • cp corpus 5 (sigma 5)
  • select=
Imageends_with
  • \mode.com
OriginalFileNameeq
  • MODE.COM