Lumos! Illuminate the dark hacker attack trail

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Lumos! Illuminate the dark hacker attack trail TeamT5 Will use Sigma rules to enhance threat hunting capabilities

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Whoami ◆ Will Huang (@in0de_16) ◆ Security Researcher @ TeamT5 ◆ Focus on threat hunting, malware analysis

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AGENDA Introduction - Threat Detection with Sigma 01 Creating Sigma Rules 02 Windows APT Attack detection with Sigma 03 Conclusion and Next Steps 04

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TASK Hunting - Mimikatz Credentials Dump Hunting - PlugX RAT Infection Technique ◆ We’ll act as Threat Detection Team to defense three incident Hunting - Higaisa APT - Shortcut-Based (Lnk) Attacks

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Env Setup - Download LAB ◆ The Lab can be run on any operating system (Windows/MacOS/Linux) ◆ Download the lab materials from here ◆ Please choose according to your operating system.

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Introduction Threat Detection with Sigma

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◆ IoC (Indicators of Compromise) ◆ Record the adversary’s information and use that information to detecting. ◆ Info: C2 IP, domain, malware, fi ngerprints, signatures. ◆ IoA (Indicator of Attack) ◆ Concern with the execution of behavior and step. ◆ Gather the intent of the adversary. ◆ Behavior: Process injection, data encrypted, lateral movement. Threat Detection

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IoA: Walk into IoC: Tom’s fi ngerprint Threat Detection

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Threat Hunting Network Signature Process Signature File Signature Ex: 10.10.1.1 -> 10.10.1.223 Ex: A process create B process Ex: C File has RSA encryption patten Snort Sigma Yara

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Sigma Rule title: Test id: 89f75308-5b1b-4390-b2d8-d6b2340efaf8 status: test description: Detects behavior for CybersecLab references: author: iThome Cybersec date: 2023/04/14 tags: - attack.impact logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: Selection: - Image|endswith: '\run.exe' - CommandLine|contains: 'cybersec' condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: high

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Sigma Rule Cycle Sigma rules SELECT FROM WHERE * Info Image LIKE '/rm%' Queries EDR, SIEM product Convert Import

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Sigma Rule Convert https://www.optiv.com/insights/source-zero/blog/sigma-rule-translation-and-automatic-queries

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Sigma Rule Convert

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Threat Hunting with Sigma LNK System event log CommandLine: .\mimikatz.exe "privilege::debug" "sekurlsa::logonpasswords" “exit" CommandLine: .\explorer.exe

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Threat Hunting with Sigma detection: selection: CommandLine|contains: - 'privilege::debug' - ‘sekurlsa:logonpasswords' FileName: 'Mimikatz.exe' condition: selection and filter LNK Sigma Ruleset LNK System event log

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Threat Hunting with Sigma System event log Real threat

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Why Use Sigma ◆ Standardization ◆ Can use a converter to translate Sigma rule rules ◆ Collaboration ◆ Easy to read and write ◆ Flexibility ◆ Can shift from one technology to another more easily

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Env Setup

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Env Setup - Lab Contents Windows log

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Placing the rules to be tested Placing the rule being written Env Setup - Lab Contents

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Executing threat hunting using Chainsaw and the testing rules. Env Setup - Lab Contents

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◆ (Crtl+`) Open VScode terminal ◆ Input the command below > cd .\task\0_EnvCheck\ > ls > .\run_hunt.cmd > cd ./task/0_EnvCheck/ > ls > ./run_hunt.sh Windows Mac/linux Env Setup - Lab Contents

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Env Setup - Hunting ◆ Since no rules have been added yet, the tool will display that there are no detectable rules

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Env Setup - Hunting ◆ Move the fi les under the 'rule' directory to the 'test' directory

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Env Setup - Hunting ◆ Run it again to check if any events have been captured by our hunting

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Creating Sigma Rules https://sigmahq.github.io/sigma-speci fi cation/Sigma_speci fi cation.html

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Sigma Writing Steps 1.information gathering The fi rst step to building a Sigma rule is deciding what activity you need to fi nd

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Sigma Writing Steps 1.information gathering The fi rst step to building a Sigma rule is deciding what activity you need to fi nd 2. Rule Creation Compose Sigma rules based on events recorded in the system log 3. Detection testing and improvement Perform testing of the rule for false positives in both standard and anomalous system environments https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/master/rules/windows/process_creation/ proc_creation_win_hktl_mimikatz_command_line.yml

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Rule Identi fi cation ◆ Rule should be identi fi ed Sigma title: Test id: 89f75308-5b1b-4390-b2d8-d6b2340efaf8 status: test description: Detects behavior for CybersecLab references: author: iThome Cybersec date: 2023/04/14 tags: - attack.impact logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: Selection: - Image|endswith: '\run.exe' - CommandLine|contains: 'cybersec' condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: high

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Rule Detail ◆ Status: Declares the status of the rule ◆ Description: A short description of the rule ◆ References: Ref to the source that the rule was derived from ◆ Date: Creation date of the rule Sigma title: Test id: 89f75308-5b1b-4390-b2d8-d6b2340efaf8 status: test description: Detects behavior for CybersecLab references: author: iThome Cybersec date: 2023/04/14 tags: - attack.impact logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: Selection: - Image|endswith: '\run.exe' - CommandLine|contains: 'cybersec' condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: high

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Detection Logic ◆ Log Source: describes the log data on which the detection is meant to be applied to. ◆ category: ◆ Ex: fi rewall, antivirus ◆ product ◆ Ex: win, apache ◆ service ◆ Ex: sushi, applocker Sigma title: Test id: 89f75308-5b1b-4390-b2d8-d6b2340efaf8 status: test description: Detects behavior for CybersecLab references: author: iThome Cybersec date: 2023/04/14 tags: - attack.impact logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: Selection: - Image|endswith: '\run.exe' - CommandLine|contains: 'cybersec' condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: high

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Detection Logic ◆ Detection: A set of search- identi fi ers that represent properties of searches on log data. ◆ List and maps Sigma title: Test id: 89f75308-5b1b-4390-b2d8-d6b2340efaf8 status: test description: Detects behavior for CybersecLab references: author: iThome Cybersec date: 2023/04/14 tags: - attack.impact logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: Selection: - Image|endswith: '\run.exe' - CommandLine|contains: 'cybersec' condition: Selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: high

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Detection Logic - List ◆ Starting with a hyphen ◆ All items of a list are logically linked with ‘OR’ Selection: - Image: '\run.exe' - CommandLine: 'cybersec' Selection: - '\run.exe' - 'cybersec' Log contains ‘\run.exe’ OR ‘cybersec’ Image is ‘\run.exe’ OR CommandLine is ‘cybersec’ key-value pair String

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Detection Logic - Maps ◆ Starting without a hyphen ◆ All elements of a map are joined with a logical ‘AND’ Selection: Image: '\run.exe' CommandLine: 'cybersec' Selection: '\run.exe' 'cybersec' Log contains ‘\run.exe’ AND ‘cybersec’ Image is ‘\run.exe’ AND CommandLine is ‘cybersec’

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Detection Logic - Modi fi ers ◆ contains -> The sentence contains a certain keyword ◆ endswith -> Expect at the end of the fi eld’s content ◆ startwith -> Expect at the beginning of the fi eld’s content Selection: Image|contains: '\run.exe' CommandLine|contains: 'cybersec'

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Detection Logic - condition selection_a: - Image: '\run.exe' - CommandLine: ‘cybersec' selection_b: - Image: '\good.exe' - CommandLine: ‘malware' condition: 1 of selection*

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Detection Logic - Examples ◆ What does this code aim to convey? detection: selection_cscript: Image|endswith: '\cscript.exe' CommandLine|contains: '.vbs /shell ' selection_csvde: CommandLine|contains: - 'csvde -f C:\windows\web\’ - ‘cscript.exe’ condition: 1 of selection_*

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Task Introduction

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Threat Hunting with Sigma System Recorder Logging Strategy Sysmon con fi g https://github.com/ SwiftOnSecurity/sysmon-con fi g Sysmon Logs, Processes, Registry, Filesystem Threat Hunting Model Sigma Rules Hunting by chainsaw tool

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Sysmon ◆ Sysmon is a system monitoring tool developed by Microsoft that can record various events on Windows systems ◆ Uses Windows Event Tracing (ETW) to log events, ensuring that events are captured in a standardized format that can be easily parsed and analyzed

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Sysmon Event ID

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Sysmon Log File ◆ Path ◆ C:\Windpws\System32\winevt\Logs

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Threat Hunting with Sigma System Recorder Logging Strategy Threat Hunting Model Sigma Rules Hunting by chainsaw tool Sysmon con https://github.com/ SwiftOnSecurity/sysmon-con fi Sysmon Logs, Processes, Filesystem, Packets, Devices

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Chainsaw ◆ Rapidly Search and Hunt through Windows Forensic Artefacts(.evtx) ◆ https://github.com/WithSecureLabs/chainsaw

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Task1: Mimikatz Dump Credentials

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Subject cyberattack incident Event description The client's IT personnel discovered successful remote login records in AD, indicating a possible theft of passwords. Additionally, they found evidence of Mimikatz execution in the log fi les. Remediation approach Request the Threat Detection Team to design Sigma rules based on the provided syslog to prevent other clients from experiencing the same attack. Comments Provide the sysmon log fi le (.evtx) for analysis. Incident Contents

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Mimikatz Credentials Dump ◆ Dump plaintext password ◆ Dump NTLM hash

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◆ Process Creation: Dump plaintext password from lsass Process Memory (1) Study Sysmon Event Log Record 1995 { "EventData": { "CommandLine": "\"C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\x64\\mimikatz.exe\" privilege::debug sekurlsa::logonpasswords exit", "Image": "C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\x64\\mimikatz.exe", "OriginalFileName": "mimikatz.exe", "ParentCommandLine": "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\ \WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe\" ", "ParentImage": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\ \powershell.exe", }, "System": { "EventID": 1,

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◆ Process Creation: Dump plaintext password from lsass Process Memory (1) Study Sysmon Event Log Commandline: .\mimikatz.exe "privilege::debug" "sekurlsa::logonpasswords" “exit"

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◆ Save hklm\security hklm\sam registry ◆ Mimikatz read dump fi les (1) Study Sysmon Event Log Record 2380 { "EventData": { "CommandLine": "\"C:\\Windows\\system32\\reg.exe\" save hklm\ \sam SamBkup.hiv", "Company": "Microsoft Corporation", "CurrentDirectory": "C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\x64\\", "Image": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\reg.exe", "OriginalFileName": "reg.exe", "User": "WIN10-PRO-22H2-\\user", "UtcTime": "2023-04-27 03:32:47.015" }, "System": { "EventID": 1,

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reg save hklm\sam SamBkup.hiv reg save hklm\security SystemBkup.hiv .\mimikatz.exe "privilege::debug" “token::elevate" "log hash.txt" “lsadump::sam SamBkup.hiv SystemBkup.hiv" "exit" ◆ Save hklm\security hklm\sam registry ◆ \SAM contains local user account and local group membership information, including their passwords. ◆ \SECURITY stores the Lsass policy database (1) Study Sysmon Event Log

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(3) Writing Rule ◆ Note: ◆ Focus on interesting behavior ◆ Process creation with abnormal string ◆ Registry Save ◆ … ◆ Are there any unique characteristics speci fi c behavior?

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Hunting: Process Create detection: filter: - EventID: 1 selection: CommandLine|contains: - 'privilege::debug' - 'privilege::driver' - 'sekurlsa::' - ……… condition: selection and filter 3 events hit

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Hunting: Reg Save detection: filter: - EventID: 1 selection: CommandLine|contains: - 'save hklm\sam' - 'save hklm\security' OriginalFileName|contains: 'reg.exe' condition: selection and filter 5 events hit

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Hunting: Process Access https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/security/you-bet-your-lsass-hunting-lsass-access.html https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/procthread/process-security-and-access-rights?redirectedfrom=MSDN detection: filter: - EventID: 10 selection: TargetImage|contains: 'lsass.exe' GrantedAccess: - '0x1410' - '0x1010' condition: selection and filter 2 events hit

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APT Attack detection with Sigma

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Task2: Hunting PlugX RAT

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Incident Contents Subject Cyberattack incident Event description MDR team identi fi ed a YARA rule for PlugX during regular scanning, con fi rming that the client is a ff ected by the PlugX malware. Remediation approach Request the Threat Detection Team to design Sigma rules based on the provided information in order to prevent other clients from experiencing the same attack Comments Provide the sysmon log fi le (.evtx) for analysis. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/23/b/investigating-the-plugx-trojan-disguised-as-a-legitimate- windows.html

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PlugX ◆ First seen: 2008 ◆ A RAT with modular plugins ◆ Used by many Chinese APT groups ◆ APT41, APT27, DragonOK ◆ Various PlugX variants https://i.blackhat.com/Asia-22/Thursday-Materials/AS-22-LeonSilvia-NextGenPlugXShadowPad.pdf

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log ◆ Process Creation: DLL Sideload ◆ DLL Search Order Hijacking T1574.001 ◆ DLL Sideload is a technique that involves loading and executing an external Dynamic Link Library (DLL) in a Windows application X32dbg.exe EXE DLL x32bridge.dll Import lib

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log ◆ File Creation: move malware to three paths Record 15317 { "EventData": { "CreationUtcTime": "2023-04-29 05:37:11.531", "Image": "C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\release\\x32\\x32dbg.exe", "ProcessGuid": "CAB8CBF0-AD07-644C-CD02-000000000F00", "ProcessId": 5256, "TargetFilename": "C:\\ProgramData\\UsersDate\\Windows_NT\ \Windows\\User\\Desktop\\x32dbg.exe", }, "System": { "EventID": 11,

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log ◆ File Creation: move malware to three paths ◆ C:\ProgramData\UsersDate\Windows_NT\Windows\User\Desktop ◆ C:\Users\Public\Public Mediae\ ◆ C:\Users\\Users\

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log ◆ Persistence: Scheduled Task Record 15325 { "EventData": { "CommandLine": "schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 5 /tn LKUFORYOU_1 /tr C:\\ProgramData\\UsersDate\\Windows_NT\\Windows\\User\ \Desktop\\x32dbg.exe /f", "Image": "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\schtasks.exe", "OriginalFileName": "schtasks.exe", "ParentCommandLine": "C:\\ProgramData\\UsersDate\\Windows_NT\ \Windows\\User\\Desktop//x32dbg.exe", "UtcTime": "2023-04-29 05:37:11.653” } "System": { "EventID": 1,

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log ◆ Persistence: Scheduled Task ◆ T1053 Scheduled Task/Job ◆ "schtasks" is a command-line tool used to con fi g scheduled tasks ◆ Scheduled Task allows the malware to continue running even after the system has been rebooted, making it more di ffi cult to remove `schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 5 /tn LKUFORYOU_1 /tr C:\\ProgramData\\UsersDate\\Windows_NT\ \Windows\\User\\Desktop\\x32dbg.exe /f`

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log ◆ Persistence: Registry Set Record 15326 { "EventData": { "Details": "C:\\ProgramData\\UsersDate\\Windows_NT\\Windows\ \User\\Desktop\\x32dbg.exe", "EventType": "SetValue", "Image": "C:\\ProgramData\\UsersDate\\Windows_NT\\Windows\ \User\\Desktop\\x32dbg.exe", "TargetObject": "HKU\ \S-1-5-21-1924812608-2403969082-1162371674-1001\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\ \Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run\\x32dbg", }, "System": { "EventID": 13,

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log ◆ Persistence: Registry Set ◆ Windows Run keys ◆ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ◆ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ◆ `RUN` key allows the malware to continue running even after the system has been rebooted.

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log ◆ System Binary Proxy Execution: Rundll32 Record 15324 { "EventData": { "CommandLine": "rundll32 SHELL32.DLL, ShellExec_RunDLL rundll32 C:\\ProgramData\\UsersDate\\Windows_NT\\Windows\\User\\Desktop\ \akm.dat,Start", "Image": "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\rundll32.exe", "OriginalFileName": "RUNDLL32.EXE", "ParentCommandLine": "C:\\ProgramData\\UsersDate\\Windows_NT\ \Windows\\User\\Desktop//x32dbg.exe", "UtcTime": "2023-04-29 05:37:11.645" }, “System": { "EventID": 1,

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log ◆ System Binary Proxy Execution: Rundll32 ◆ Attackers often use Rundll32 to execute malicious code by creating a DLL with a speci fi c exported function ◆ With rundll32, the attacker can execute their malicious code using a trusted system binary, making it more di ff i cult to detect and block "rundll32 SHELL32.DLL, ShellExec_RunDLL rundll32 C:\\ProgramData\\UsersDate\\Windows_NT\\Windows\ \User\\Desktop\\akm.dat,Start",

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(2) Attack Summary X32dbg.exe x32bridge.dll DLL Sideload X32dbg.exe File Move akm.dat \\Run\\x32dbg x32dbg.exe Proxy run DLL Registry Set Scheduled Task DLL DLL

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(3) Writing Rule ◆ Note: ◆ The fi le x32dbg.exe is a legitimate executable of a debugging software ◆ Focus on interesting behavior ◆ Scheduled Task ◆ Registry Set ◆ Rundll32 ◆ … ◆ Are there any unique characteristics speci fi c behavior?

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(4) Writing Rule: Scheduled Task eventid: EventID: 1 selection_sch_name: - Image|endswith: 'schtasks.exe' selection_sch_command: - Commandline|contains: - /create - /sc - /mo selection_plugx_signature: - CommandLine|contains: - 'LKUFORYOU_1' - 'x32dbg.exe' - ‘C:\\ProgramData\\UsersDate\\Windows_NT\\Windows' condition: 1 of selection_sch* and selection_plugx_signature and eventid

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Hunting: Scheduled Task 23 events hit

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(4) Writing Rule: Registry Set eventid: EventID: 13 EventType: 'SetValue' selection_reg: - TargetObject|contains: '\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\' - TargetObject|endswith: 'x32dbg' selection_file: - Image|startswith: 'C:\\ProgramData\\UsersDate\\Windows_NT\\Windows' - Image|contains: 'x32dbg' condition: 1 of selection* and eventid

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Hunting: Registry Set 1 events hit

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(4) Writing Rule: rundll32 eventid: EventID: 1 selection_rundll32_name: - Image|endswith: 'rundll32.exe' selection_rundll32_command: - Commandline|contains|all: - 'ShellExec_RunDLL' - 'SHELL32.DLL' selection_plugx_signature: - CommandLine|contains: - 'Start' - ParentImage|contains: - 'x32dbg.exe' - 'C:\\ProgramData\\UsersDate\\Windows_NT\\Windows' condition: 1 of selection_rundll32* and selection_plugx_signature DLL

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Hunting: rundll32 2 events hit DLL

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Task3: Hunting Higaisa APT - Shortcut-Based (Lnk) Attacks

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Incident Contents Subject Cyberattack incident Event description The MDR team has identi fi ed suspicious lnk commands being executed on the system, along with indications of connections to a malicious C2 server Remediation approach Request the Threat Detection Team to design Sigma rules based on the provided information in order to prevent other clients from experiencing the same attack Comments Provide the sysmon log fi le (.evtx) for analysis. https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2020/06/higaisa

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LNK File ◆ Shell Link Binary File Format (.LNK) contain metadata about the executable fi le, including the original path to the target application https://www.resecurity.com/blog/article/shortcut-based-lnk-attacks-delivering-malicious-code-on-the-rise

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LNK File ◆ LNK fi les typically look legitimate, and may have an icon the same as an existing application or document. https://www.resecurity.com/blog/article/shortcut-based-lnk-attacks-delivering-malicious-code-on-the-rise

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log ◆ User Execution: Malicious File ◆ Rely upon a user opening a malicious fi le in order to gain execution ◆ Determine which commands are executed behind the lnk fi le cmd.exe EXE LNK International English….pdf.lnk Click

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log Record 14978 { "EventData": { "CommandLine": “\”C:\\windows\\System32\\cmd.exe\" ... ... ”, "Company": "Microsoft Corporation", "CurrentDirectory": "C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\mal\\", "Image": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe", "OriginalFileName": "Cmd.Exe", "ParentCommandLine": "C:\\Windows\\Explorer.EXE", "ParentImage": "C:\\Windows\\explorer.exe", "UtcTime": "2023-04-29 04:39:33.239" }, "System": { "EventID": 1, ◆ User Execution: Malicious File

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log copy "International English Language Testing System certificate.pdf.lnk" C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\g4ZokyumB2DC4.tmp /y for /r C:\\Windows\\System32\\ %%i in (*ertu*.exe) do copy %%i C:\ \Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\gosia.exe /y ◆ User Execution: Malicious File ◆ LNK Commandline analysis ◆ Copy decoy ink fi le to tmp folder and rename to “g4ZokyumB2DC4.tmp” ◆ Find fi le *ertu*.exe and copy to tmp folder and rename to “gosia.exe”

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log ◆ User Execution: Malicious File ◆ LNK Commandline analysis ◆ Copy decoy ink fi le to tmp folder and rename to “g4ZokyumB2DC4.tmp” ◆ Find fi le *ertu*.exe and copy to tmp folder and rename to “gosia.exe” certutil.exe https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Certutil/

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log findstr.exe /b \"TVNDRgA\" C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\ \g4ZokyumB2DC4.tmp>C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cSi1rouy4.tmp C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\gosia.exe -decode C:\\Users\ \user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cSi1rouy4.tmp C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\ \Local\\Temp\\o423DFDS4.tmp ◆ LNK Commandline analysis ◆ Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information ◆ Search for fi le contents starting with the string “TVNDRgA\”, then save the str ◆ Use gosia.exe (certutil.exe) decode the new fi le then store into “o423DFDS4.tmp”

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log & expand C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\o423DFDS4.tmp -F:* C:\ \Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp & "C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\International English Language Testing System certificate.pdf" ◆ LNK Commandline analysis ◆ Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information ◆ Extract the fi le “o423DFDS4.tmp” ◆ Open the decoy pdf https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/expand

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log copy C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\66DF3DFG.tmp C:\\Users\ \Public\\Downloads\\66DF3DFG.tmp Wscript C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\34fDFkfSD38.js exit ◆ LNK Commandline analysis ◆ Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript ◆ Copy “66DF3DFG.tmp” to Download folder ◆ Use Wscript run “34fDFkfSD38.js”

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log Record 14987 { "EventData": { "CommandLine": "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe\" /c ipconfig>C:\ \Users\\Public\\Downloads\\d3reEW.txt & copy C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\ \Local\\Temp\\svchastd.exe \"C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\ \Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup\\Officeupdated.exe\" ... ...”, "ParentCommandLine": "Wscript C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\ \34fDFkfSD38.js", "ParentImage": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\wscript.exe", "UtcTime": "2023-04-29 04:39:33.818" }, "System": { "EventID": 1, ◆ Process Creation: Wscript execute cmd.exe

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log ipconfig>C:\\Users\\Public\\Downloads\\d3reEW.txt ◆ JS Commandline analysis ◆ System Network Con fi guration Discovery: ipcon fi g ◆ Save the system’s network information to ‘d3reEW.txt’

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(1) Study Sysmon Event Log copy C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\svchastd.exe \"C:\\Users\ \Public\\Downloads\\Officeupdated.exe\" schtasks /create /SC minute /MO 120 /TN \"Office update task\" /TR "C:\ \Users\\Public\\Downloads\\Officeupdated.exe" ◆ JS Commandline analysis ◆ Persistence: schtasks ◆ Copy the fi le 'svchostd.exe' that was just extracted to this directory ◆ Use schtasks to set autorun

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(2) Attack Summary cmd.exe Inte….pdf.lnk O ffi ceupdated.exe o423DFDS4.tmp Run Copy LNK ZIP Certutil.exe Decode .JS schtasks 34fDFkfSD38.js Read con fi g Move svchastd.exe Ipcon fi g.exe

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(3) Writing Rule ◆ Note: ◆ Focus on interesting behavior ◆ Process creation with LNK fi le ◆ certutil.exe, svchastd.exe copy and use ◆ Process creation with JS fi le ◆ System con fi g read

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(3) Writing Rule: LNK fi le execution detection: eventid: EventID: 1 lnk_behavior: CommandLine|contains: '.lnk' ParentImage: 'C:\Windows\explorer.exe' Image|contains: - 'cmd.exe' - 'powershell.exe' selection_HigaisaAPT_signature: - CommandLine|contains: - 'gosia.exe' - 'svchastd' - 'Officeupdated' LNK

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(3) Hunting: LNK fi le execution LNK 1 event hit

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(4) Writing Rule: Script Execution eventid: EventID: 1 script_image: Image|endswith: - '\wscript.exe' - '\cscript.exe' selection_file_extenstion: CommandLine|contains: - '.jse' - '.vbe' - '.js' falsepositive: ParentImage|contains: '\winzip' condition: eventid and script_image and 1 of selection* and not falsepositive .JS

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(4) Writing Rule: Script Execution .JS 1 event hit

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(4) Writing Rule: decode payload eventid: EventID: 1 certutil_copy_behavior: CommandLine|contains: - 'certutil.exe' - 'copy ' OriginalFileName: - 'cmd.exe' certutil_behavior: - OriginalFileName: - 'certutil.exe' - CommandLine|contains: - '-decode ' - '/decode ' - '-decodehex ' - '/decodehex ' selection_HigaisaAPT_signature: - CommandLine|contains: .JS

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(4) Writing Rule: decode payload .JS 2 events hit

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(4) Writing Rule: System con fi g read eventid: EventID: 1 ipconfig_binary: - OriginalFileName|contains: - 'ipconfig' ipconfig_behavior: CommandLine|contains|all: - 'ipconfig' - '>' Image|contains: 'cmd.exe' selection_HigaisaAPT_signature: - CommandLine|contains: - 'gosia.exe' - 'svchastd' - 'Officeupdated' - ParentCommandLine|contains: - '.js' condition: eventid and 1 of ipconfig* .JS

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(4) Writing Rule: System con fi g read .JS 1 events hit

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Conclusion ◆ Provide a detailed explanation of how to use Sigma rules ◆ Understand the role of Sigma rules in threat hunting ◆ Practically integrate sysmon and sigma to hunt for various attack methods ◆ Simulated three threat scenarios and attempted to detect these attacks

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Take Away ◆ The content of the command line is rich in information but also very cluttered ◆ The act of deobfuscation is often more apparent to blue team ◆ Detection methods always depend on the event logging mechanism ◆ Sigma rules are widely used and powerful in the fi eld of threat hunting.

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Similar rules ◆ https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/master/rules/windows/ process_creation/proc_creation_win_certutil_decode.yml ◆ https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/master/rules/windows/ process_creation/proc_creation_win_lolbin_rundll32_installscreensaver.yml ◆ https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/master/rules/windows/ process_creation/proc_creation_win_ fi ndstr_lnk.yml