DirLister Execution

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detect the usage of "DirLister.exe" a utility for quickly listing folder or drive contents. It was seen used by BlackCat ransomware to create a list of accessible directories and files.

Severity

Attention

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND ORIGINALFILENAME = "DirLister.exe" OR PROCESSNAME endswith "\dirlister.exe" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

frack113