Potential Defense Evasion via Hidden Files

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Applies to: Log360Log360 Cloud

About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the events where the attrib.exe tool is used to hide files on the system.

Severity

Critical

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND ((PROCESSNAME endswith "attrib.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME contains "attrib") AND (COMMANDLINE notcontains "+R" AND COMMANDLINE notcontains "-R" AND COMMANDLINE notcontains "+S" AND COMMANDLINE notcontains "-S" AND COMMANDLINE notcontains "+A" AND COMMANDLINE notcontains "-A" AND COMMANDLINE notcontains ".cui" AND COMMANDLINE notcontains ".ini") AND (COMMANDLINE contains "+h" OR COMMANDLINE contains "-h")) 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