Turla Service Install

This method detects a service install of malicious services mentioned in Carbon Paper - Turla report by ESET

Rule Content

- title: Turla Service Install
  id: 1df8b3da-b0ac-4d8a-b7c7-6cb7c24160e4
  description: This method detects a service install of malicious services mentioned
    in Carbon Paper - Turla report by ESET
  references:
  - https://www.welivesecurity.com/2017/03/30/carbon-paper-peering-turlas-second-stage-backdoor/
  tags:
  - attack.persistence
  - attack.g0010
  - attack.t1050
  logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
    category: null
  detection:
    selection:
      EventID: 7045
      ServiceName:
      - srservice
      - ipvpn
      - hkmsvc
    condition: selection
  falsepositives:
  - Unknown
  level: high

Querying Elasticsearch

Import Libraries



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from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
from elasticsearch_dsl import Search
import pandas as pd

Initialize Elasticsearch client



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es = Elasticsearch(['http://helk-elasticsearch:9200'])
searchContext = Search(using=es, index='logs-endpoint-winevent-system-*', doc_type='doc')

Run Elasticsearch Query



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s = searchContext.query('query_string', query='(event_id:"7045" AND service_name:("srservice" OR "ipvpn" OR "hkmsvc"))')
response = s.execute()
if response.success():
    df = pd.DataFrame((d.to_dict() for d in s.scan()))

Show Results



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df.head()