Compressed File Extraction Via Tar.EXE

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects execution of "tar.exe" in order to extract compressed file. Adversaries may abuse various utilities in order to decompress data to avoid detection.

Severity

Attention

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\tar.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "bsdtar") AND COMMANDLINE contains "-x" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

AdmU3