DTRACK Process Creation

Detects specific process parameters as seen in DTRACK infections

Rule Content

- title: DTRACK Process Creation
  id: f1531fa4-5b84-4342-8f68-9cf3fdbd83d4
  status: experimental
  description: Detects specific process parameters as seen in DTRACK infections
  author: Florian Roth
  date: 2019/10/30
  references:
  - https://securelist.com/my-name-is-dtrack/93338/
  - https://app.any.run/tasks/4bc9860d-ab51-4077-9e09-59ad346b92fd/
  - https://app.any.run/tasks/ce4deab5-3263-494f-93e3-afb2b9d79f14/
  logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
    service: null
  detection:
    selection:
      CommandLine: '* echo EEEE > *'
    condition: selection
  fields:
  - CommandLine
  - ParentCommandLine
  falsepositives:
  - Unlikely
  level: critical

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-*', doc_type='doc')

Run Elasticsearch Query



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s = searchContext.query('query_string', query='process_command_line.keyword:*\ echo\ EEEE\ \ *')
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()