Potential APT FIN7 Exploitation Activity

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects potential APT FIN7 exploitation activity as reported by Google. In order to obtain initial access, FIN7 used compromised Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) credentials to login to a target server and initiate specific Windows process chains.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\notepad++.exe" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\cmd.exe") OR (PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\rdpinit.exe" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\notepad++.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

Alex Walston (@4ayymm)