Forest Blizzard APT - File Creation Activity
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects the creation of specific files inside of ProgramData directory. These files were seen being created by Forest Blizzard as described by MSFT.
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "File Created or Modified" AND ((FILENAME startswith "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\v,C:\ProgramData\Adobe\v,C:\ProgramData\Comms\v,C:\ProgramData\Intel\v,C:\ProgramData\Kaspersky Lab\v,C:\ProgramData\Bitdefender\v,C:\ProgramData\ESET\v,C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA\v,C:\ProgramData\UbiSoft\v,C:\ProgramData\Steam\v" OR OBJECTNAME startswith "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\v,C:\ProgramData\Adobe\v,C:\ProgramData\Comms\v,C:\ProgramData\Intel\v,C:\ProgramData\Kaspersky Lab\v,C:\ProgramData\Bitdefender\v,C:\ProgramData\ESET\v,C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA\v,C:\ProgramData\UbiSoft\v,C:\ProgramData\Steam\v") AND (FILENAME contains "\prnms003.inf_,\prnms009.inf_" OR OBJECTNAME contains "\prnms003.inf_,\prnms009.inf_")) OR ((FILENAME startswith "C:\ProgramData" OR OBJECTNAME startswith "C:\ProgramData") AND ((FILENAME endswith ".save,\doit.bat,\execute.bat,\servtask.bat" OR OBJECTNAME endswith ".save,\doit.bat,\execute.bat,\servtask.bat") OR ((FILENAME contains "\wayzgoose" OR OBJECTNAME contains "\wayzgoose") AND (FILENAME endswith ".dll" OR OBJECTNAME endswith ".dll")))) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.FILENAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
