Esentutl Steals Browser Information

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Applies to: Log360Log360 Cloud

About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

One way Qbot steals sensitive information is by extracting browser data from Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge by using the built-in utility esentutl.exe

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\esentutl.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "esentutl.exe") AND COMMANDLINE contains "-r,/r,–r,—r,―r" AND COMMANDLINE contains "\Windows\WebCache" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.ORIGINALFILENAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSID,Action1.PROCESSID,Action1.PRODUCT_NAME,Action1.SECURITYID

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

frack113