Potential CommandLine Obfuscation Using Unicode Characters

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects potential CommandLine obfuscation using unicode characters. Adversaries may attempt to make an executable or file difficult to discover or analyze by encrypting, encoding, or otherwise obfuscating its contents on the system or in transit.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND COMMANDLINE contains "ˣ,˪,ˢ,∕,⁄,―,—, ,¯,®,¶" 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, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)