title: Detects Suspicious Process Creations
description: Detects suspicious process starts on Windows systems bsed on keywords
status: experimental
reference: 
    - https://www.swordshield.com/2015/07/getting-hashes-from-ntds-dit-file/
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3t_kHQG1Js&feature=youtu.be&t=15m35s
    - https://winscripting.blog/2017/05/12/first-entry-welcome-and-uac-bypass/
    - https://twitter.com/subTee/status/872244674609676288
    - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/remote-tool-examples
    - https://tyranidslair.blogspot.ca/2017/07/dg-on-windows-10-s-executing-arbitrary.html
    - https://www.trustedsec.com/2017/07/new-tool-release-nps_payload/
    - https://subt0x10.blogspot.ca/2017/04/bypassing-application-whitelisting.html
    - https://gist.github.com/subTee/7937a8ef07409715f15b84781e180c46#file-rat-bat
author: Florian Roth
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
    description: 'Requirements: Audit Policy : Detailed Tracking > Audit Process creation, Group Policy : Administrative Templates\System\Audit Process Creation'
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 4688
        CommandLine: 
            # Hacking activity
            - 'vssadmin.exe delete shadows*'
            - 'vssadmin delete shadows*'
            - 'vssadmin create shadow /for=C:*'
            - 'copy \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\*\windows\ntds\ntds.dit*'
            - 'copy \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\*\config\SAM*'
            - 'reg SAVE HKLM\SYSTEM *'
            - '* sekurlsa:*'
            - 'net localgroup adminstrators * /add'
            - 'net group "Domain Admins" * /ADD /DOMAIN'
            - 'certutil.exe *-urlcache* http*'
            - 'certutil.exe *-urlcache* ftp*'
            # Malware
            - 'netsh advfirewall firewall *\AppData\*'
            - 'attrib +S +H +R *\AppData\*'
            - 'schtasks* /create *\AppData\*'
            - 'schtasks* /sc minute*'
            - '*\Regasm.exe *\AppData\*'
            - '*\Regasm *\AppData\*'
            - '*\bitsadmin* /transfer*'
            - '*\certutil.exe * -decode *'
            - '*\certutil.exe * -decodehex *'
            - '*\certutil.exe -ping *'
            - 'icacls * /grant Everyone:F /T /C /Q'
            - '* wmic shadowcopy delete *'
            # Scripts
            - '*\wscript.exe *.jse'
            - '*\wscript.exe *.js'
            - '*\wscript.exe *.vba'
            - '*\wscript.exe *.vbe'
            - '*\cscript.exe *.jse'
            - '*\cscript.exe *.js'
            - '*\cscript.exe *.vba'
            - '*\cscript.exe *.vbe'
            # UAC bypass
            - '*\fodhelper.exe'
            # persistence
            - '*waitfor*/s*'
            - '*waitfor*/si persist*'
            # remote
            - '*remote*/s*'
            - '*remote*/c*'
            - '*remote*/q*'
            # AddInProcess
            - '*AddInProcess*'
            # NotPowershell (nps) attack
            - '*msbuild*'
    condition: selection
falsepositives: 
    - False positives depend on scripts and administrative tools used in the monitored environment
level: medium