Esentutl Steals Browser Information

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

One way Qbot steals sensitive information is by extracting browser data from Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge by using the built-in utility esentutl.exe

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\esentutl.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "esentutl.exe") AND COMMANDLINE contains "-r,/r,–r,—r,―r" AND COMMANDLINE contains "\Windows\WebCache" 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