Probable AdFind Recon Tool Usage Normalized Process Events
| Id | 45076281-35ae-45e0-b443-c32aa0baf965 |
| Rulename | Probable AdFind Recon Tool Usage (Normalized Process Events) |
| Description | Identifies the host and account that executed AdFind by hash and filename in addition to common and unique flags that are used by many threat actors in discovery. To use this analytics rule, make sure you have deployed the ASIM normalization parsers |
| Severity | High |
| Tactics | Discovery |
| Techniques | T1018 |
| Kind | Scheduled |
| Query frequency | 1h |
| Query period | 1h |
| Trigger threshold | 0 |
| Trigger operator | gt |
| Source Uri | https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/ASimProcess/imProcess_AdFind_Usage.yaml |
| Version | 1.1.6 |
| Arm template | 45076281-35ae-45e0-b443-c32aa0baf965.json |
let args = dynamic(["objectcategory","domainlist","dcmodes","adinfo","trustdmp","computers_pwdnotreqd","Domain Admins", "objectcategory=person", "objectcategory=computer", "objectcategory=*","dclist"]);
let parentProcesses = dynamic(["pwsh.exe","powershell.exe","cmd.exe"]);
imProcessCreate
//looks for execution from a shell
| where ActingProcessName has_any (parentProcesses)
| extend ActingProcessFileName = tostring(split(ActingProcessName, '\\')[-1])
| where ActingProcessFileName in~ (parentProcesses)
// main filter
| where Process hassuffix "AdFind.exe" or TargetProcessSHA256 == "c92c158d7c37fea795114fa6491fe5f145ad2f8c08776b18ae79db811e8e36a3"
// AdFind common Flags to check for from various threat actor TTPs
or CommandLine has_any (args)
| extend AlgorithmType = "SHA256"
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(User, @'\')[1]), AccountNTDomain = tostring(split(User, @'\')[0])
| extend HostName = tostring(split(Dvc, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Dvc, '.'))
| extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Dvc, DomainIndex + 1), Dvc)
| project-away DomainIndex
description: |
'Identifies the host and account that executed AdFind by hash and filename in addition to common and unique flags that are used by many threat actors in discovery.
To use this analytics rule, make sure you have deployed the [ASIM normalization parsers](https://aka.ms/ASimProcessEvent)'
kind: Scheduled
tactics:
- Discovery
requiredDataConnectors: []
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/ASimProcess/imProcess_AdFind_Usage.yaml
severity: High
name: Probable AdFind Recon Tool Usage (Normalized Process Events)
metadata:
support:
tier: Community
author:
name: Yuval Naor
categories:
domains:
- Security - Threat Intelligence
source:
kind: Community
triggerThreshold: 0
queryPeriod: 1h
query: |
let args = dynamic(["objectcategory","domainlist","dcmodes","adinfo","trustdmp","computers_pwdnotreqd","Domain Admins", "objectcategory=person", "objectcategory=computer", "objectcategory=*","dclist"]);
let parentProcesses = dynamic(["pwsh.exe","powershell.exe","cmd.exe"]);
imProcessCreate
//looks for execution from a shell
| where ActingProcessName has_any (parentProcesses)
| extend ActingProcessFileName = tostring(split(ActingProcessName, '\\')[-1])
| where ActingProcessFileName in~ (parentProcesses)
// main filter
| where Process hassuffix "AdFind.exe" or TargetProcessSHA256 == "c92c158d7c37fea795114fa6491fe5f145ad2f8c08776b18ae79db811e8e36a3"
// AdFind common Flags to check for from various threat actor TTPs
or CommandLine has_any (args)
| extend AlgorithmType = "SHA256"
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(User, @'\')[1]), AccountNTDomain = tostring(split(User, @'\')[0])
| extend HostName = tostring(split(Dvc, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Dvc, '.'))
| extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Dvc, DomainIndex + 1), Dvc)
| project-away DomainIndex
relevantTechniques:
- T1018
id: 45076281-35ae-45e0-b443-c32aa0baf965
queryFrequency: 1h
entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
fieldMappings:
- columnName: User
identifier: FullName
- columnName: AccountName
identifier: Name
- columnName: AccountNTDomain
identifier: NTDomain
- entityType: Host
fieldMappings:
- columnName: Dvc
identifier: FullName
- columnName: HostName
identifier: HostName
- columnName: HostNameDomain
identifier: DnsDomain
- entityType: Process
fieldMappings:
- columnName: ActingProcessName
identifier: ProcessId
- columnName: CommandLine
identifier: CommandLine
- entityType: FileHash
fieldMappings:
- columnName: AlgorithmType
identifier: Algorithm
- columnName: TargetProcessSHA256
identifier: Value
triggerOperator: gt
version: 1.1.6
tags:
- Id: c63ae777-d5e0-4113-8c9a-c2c9d3d09fcd
version: 1.0.0
- Schema: ASIMProcessEvent
SchemaVersion: 0.1.0