WhoAmI as Parameter

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects a suspicious process command line that uses whoami as first parameter (as e.g. used by EfsPotato)

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND COMMANDLINE contains ".exe whoami" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)