Elastic Security Detection Rules

Suspicious File Downloaded from Google Drive

Last updated 21 days ago on 2025-01-15
Created 2 years ago on 2023-06-19

About

Identifies suspicious file download activity from a Google Drive URL. This could indicate an attempt to deliver phishing payloads via a trusted webservice.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: LinuxOS: WindowsOS: macOSUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Command and ControlData Source: SystemLanguage: eql
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Command and Control (TA0011)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Ingress Tool Transfer (T1105)(opens in a new tab or window)

False Positive Examples
Approved third-party applications that use Google Drive download URLs.Legitimate publicly shared files from Google Drive.
License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Event Correlation Rule
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
auditbeat-*logs-endpoint*logs-system.security*winlogbeat-*
Related Integrations

endpoint(opens in a new tab or window)

system(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
process where

    /* common browser processes  */
    event.action in ("exec", "fork", "start") and

    process.name : ("Microsoft Edge", "chrome.exe", "Google Chrome", "google-chrome-stable",
                    "google-chrome-beta", "google-chrome", "msedge.exe", "firefox.exe", "brave.exe",
                    "whale.exe", "browser.exe", "dragon.exe", "vivaldi.exe", "opera.exe", "firefox",
                    "powershell.exe", "curl", "curl.exe", "wget", "wget.exe") and

    /* Look for Google Drive download URL with AV flag skipping */
    (process.command_line : "*drive.google.com*" and process.command_line : "*export=download*" and process.command_line : "*confirm=no_antivirus*")

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Suspicious File Downloaded from Google Drive 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(opens in a new tab or window).