Impact (TA0040)(external, opens in a new tab or window)
Lateral Movement (TA0008)(external, opens in a new tab or window)
text code block:sequence by host.id with maxspan=1s [network where host.os.type == "windows" and event.action == "connection_accepted" and destination.port == 445 and source.port >= 49152 and process.pid == 4 and source.ip != "127.0.0.1" and source.ip != "::1" and network.type == "ipv4" and not endswith(source.address, destination.address)] [file where host.os.type == "windows" and event.action == "rename" and process.pid == 4 and user.id : ("S-1-5-21*", "S-1-12-*") and file.extension != null and file.Ext.entropy >= 6 and file.path : "C:\\Users\\*" and file.Ext.original.name : ("*.jpg", "*.bmp", "*.png", "*.pdf", "*.doc", "*.docx", "*.xls", "*.xlsx", "*.ppt", "*.pptx", "*.lnk") and not file.extension : ("jpg", "bmp", "png", "pdf", "doc", "docx", "xls", "xlsx", "ppt", "pptx", "*.lnk")] with runs=3
Install detection rules in Elastic Security
Detect Suspicious File Renamed via SMB in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.
To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(external, opens in a new tab or window).