Base64 encoded Windows process command-lines Normalized Process Events

imProcessCreate
| where CommandLine contains "TVqQAAMAAAAEAAA"
| where isnotempty(Process)
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated), count() by Dvc, ActorUsername, Process, CommandLine, ActingProcessName, EventVendor, EventProduct
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(ActorUsername, @'\')[1]), AccountNTDomain = tostring(split(ActorUsername, @'\')[0])
| extend HostName = tostring(split(Dvc, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Dvc, '.'))
| extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Dvc, DomainIndex + 1), Dvc)
| project-away DomainIndex

severity: Medium
triggerThreshold: 0
queryFrequency: 1d
relevantTechniques:
- T1059
- T1027
- T1140
version: 1.1.4
metadata:
  support:
    tier: Community
  source:
    kind: Community
  author:
    name: Yuval Naor
  categories:
    domains:
    - Security - Threat Protection
triggerOperator: gt
query: |
  imProcessCreate
  | where CommandLine contains "TVqQAAMAAAAEAAA"
  | where isnotempty(Process)
  | summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated), count() by Dvc, ActorUsername, Process, CommandLine, ActingProcessName, EventVendor, EventProduct
  | extend AccountName = tostring(split(ActorUsername, @'\')[1]), AccountNTDomain = tostring(split(ActorUsername, @'\')[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: Base64 encoded Windows process command-lines (Normalized Process Events)
tactics:
- Execution
- DefenseEvasion
entityMappings:
- fieldMappings:
  - identifier: FullName
    columnName: ActorUsername
  - identifier: Name
    columnName: AccountName
  - identifier: NTDomain
    columnName: AccountNTDomain
  entityType: Account
- fieldMappings:
  - identifier: FullName
    columnName: Dvc
  - identifier: HostName
    columnName: HostName
  - identifier: DnsDomain
    columnName: HostNameDomain
  entityType: Host
requiredDataConnectors: []
id: f8b3c49c-4087-499b-920f-0dcfaff0cbca
tags:
- version: 1.0.0
  Id: ca67c83e-7fff-4127-a3e3-1af66d6d4cad
- Schema: ASIMProcessEvent
  SchemaVersion: 0.1.0
queryPeriod: 1d
description: |
  'Identifies instances of a base64 encoded PE file header seen in the process command line parameter.
  To use this analytics rule, make sure you have deployed the [ASIM normalization parsers](https://aka.ms/ASimProcessEvent)'
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/ASimProcess/imProcess_base64_encoded_pefile.yaml
kind: Scheduled

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              },
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              }
            ]
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              },
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                "columnName": "HostNameDomain",
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              }
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