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
name: Probable AdFind Recon Tool Usage (Normalized Process Events)
severity: High
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)'
version: 1.1.6
requiredDataConnectors: []
relevantTechniques:
- T1018
triggerThreshold: 0
entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
fieldMappings:
- identifier: FullName
columnName: User
- identifier: Name
columnName: AccountName
- identifier: NTDomain
columnName: AccountNTDomain
- entityType: Host
fieldMappings:
- identifier: FullName
columnName: Dvc
- identifier: HostName
columnName: HostName
- identifier: DnsDomain
columnName: HostNameDomain
- entityType: Process
fieldMappings:
- identifier: ProcessId
columnName: ActingProcessName
- identifier: CommandLine
columnName: CommandLine
- entityType: FileHash
fieldMappings:
- identifier: Algorithm
columnName: AlgorithmType
- identifier: Value
columnName: TargetProcessSHA256
tags:
- version: 1.0.0
Id: c63ae777-d5e0-4113-8c9a-c2c9d3d09fcd
- Schema: ASIMProcessEvent
SchemaVersion: 0.1.0
tactics:
- Discovery
queryPeriod: 1h
metadata:
categories:
domains:
- Security - Threat Intelligence
support:
tier: Community
author:
name: Yuval Naor
source:
kind: Community
kind: Scheduled
triggerOperator: gt
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
queryFrequency: 1h
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/ASimProcess/imProcess_AdFind_Usage.yaml
id: 45076281-35ae-45e0-b443-c32aa0baf965