From aaac5316cc80d0775c5da111b6383de3f0b913f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samirbous <64742097+Samirbous@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 13:55:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [New] Potential File Download via a Headless Browser (#3660) * [New] Potential File Download via a Headless Browser * Update command_and_control_headless_browser.toml * Update command_and_control_headless_browser.toml * Update command_and_control_common_webservices.toml * Update command_and_control_headless_browser.toml * Update command_and_control_headless_browser.toml (cherry picked from commit 83462a30879646b1a8dfb35f47e4357e36ca6440) --- ...ommand_and_control_common_webservices.toml | 7 +- .../command_and_control_headless_browser.toml | 75 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 rules/windows/command_and_control_headless_browser.toml diff --git a/rules/windows/command_and_control_common_webservices.toml b/rules/windows/command_and_control_common_webservices.toml index c46361e8a54..d7592550d09 100644 --- a/rules/windows/command_and_control_common_webservices.toml +++ b/rules/windows/command_and_control_common_webservices.toml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ integration = ["endpoint"] maturity = "production" min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup" min_stack_version = "8.3.0" -updated_date = "2024/04/11" +updated_date = "2024/05/10" [transform] [[transform.osquery]] @@ -216,7 +216,10 @@ network where host.os.type == "windows" and network.protocol == "dns" and "gist.githubusercontent.com", "files.pythonhosted.org", "g.live.com", - "*.zulipchat.com") and + "*.zulipchat.com", + "webhook.site", + "run.mocky.io", + "mockbin.org") and /* Insert noisy false positives here */ not ( diff --git a/rules/windows/command_and_control_headless_browser.toml b/rules/windows/command_and_control_headless_browser.toml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..8c844b616e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/rules/windows/command_and_control_headless_browser.toml @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +[metadata] +creation_date = "2024/05/10" +integration = ["endpoint", "windows", "system"] +maturity = "production" +min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup" +min_stack_version = "8.3.0" +updated_date = "2024/05/10" + + +[rule] +author = ["Elastic"] +description = """ +Identifies the use of a browser to download a file from a remote URL and from a suspicious parent process. Adversaries +may use browsers to avoid ingress tool transfer restrictions. +""" +from = "now-9m" +index = ["winlogbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.process-*", "logs-windows.*", "endgame-*", "logs-system.security*"] +language = "eql" +license = "Elastic License v2" +name = "Potential File Download via a Headless Browser" +note = """## Triage and analysis + +### Investigating Potential File Download via a Headless Browser + +- Investigate the process execution chain (parent process tree). +- Investigate the process network and file events. +- Identify the user account that performed the action and whether it should perform this kind of action. +- Contact the account owner and confirm whether they are aware of this activity. + +### Response and remediation + +- Initiate the incident response process based on the outcome of the triage. +- Isolate the involved host to prevent further post-compromise behavior. +- If the triage identified malware, search the environment for additional compromised hosts. + - Implement temporary network rules, procedures, and segmentation to contain the malware. + - Stop suspicious processes. + - Immediately block the identified indicators of compromise (IoCs). + - Inspect the affected systems for additional malware backdoors like reverse shells, reverse proxies, or droppers that attackers could use to reinfect the system. +- Remove and block malicious artifacts identified during triage. +- Investigate credential exposure on systems compromised or used by the attacker to ensure all compromised accounts are identified. Reset passwords for these accounts and other potentially compromised credentials, such as email, business systems, and web services. +- Run a full antimalware scan. This may reveal additional artifacts left in the system, persistence mechanisms, and malware components. +- Determine the initial vector abused by the attacker and take action to prevent reinfection through the same vector. +- Using the incident response data, update logging and audit policies to improve the mean time to detect (MTTD) and the mean time to respond (MTTR). +""" +references = ["https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Msedge/"] +risk_score = 73 +rule_id = "5f2f463e-6997-478c-8405-fb41cc283281" +severity = "high" +tags = ["Domain: Endpoint", "OS: Windows", "Use Case: Threat Detection", "Tactic: Command and Control", "Resources: Investigation Guide", "Data Source: Windows", "Data Source: Elastic Endgame", "Data Source: Elastic Defend"] +timestamp_override = "event.ingested" +type = "eql" + +query = ''' +process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and + process.name : ("chrome.exe", "msedge.exe", "brave.exe", "browser.exe", "dragon.exe", "vivaldi.exe") and + (process.args : "--headless*" or process.args : "data:text/html;base64,*") and + process.parent.name : + ("cmd.exe", "powershell.exe", "wscript.exe", "cscript.exe", "mshta.exe", "conhost.exe", "msiexec.exe", + "explorer.exe", "rundll32.exe", "winword.exe", "excel.exe", "onenote.exe", "hh.exe", "powerpnt.exe", "forfiles.exe", + "pcalua.exe", "wmiprvse.exe") +''' + + +[[rule.threat]] +framework = "MITRE ATT&CK" +[[rule.threat.technique]] +id = "T1105" +name = "Ingress Tool Transfer" +reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1105/" + + +[rule.threat.tactic] +id = "TA0011" +name = "Command and Control" +reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0011/"