Lateral Movement (TA0008)(external, opens in a new tab or window)
text code block:sequence with maxspan=1m [file where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type in ("creation", "change") and process.pid == 4 and (file.extension : "exe" or file.Ext.header_bytes : "4d5a*")] by host.id, file.path [process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and not ( ( process.code_signature.trusted == true and process.code_signature.subject_name : ( "Veeam Software Group GmbH", "Elasticsearch, Inc.", "PDQ.com Corporation", "CrowdStrike, Inc.", "Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher", "ZOHO Corporation Private Limited", "BeyondTrust Corporation", "CyberArk Software Ltd.", "Sophos Ltd" ) ) or ( process.executable : ( "?:\\Windows\\ccmsetup\\ccmsetup.exe", "?:\\Windows\\SoftwareDistribution\\Download\\Install\\AM_Delta*.exe", "?:\\Windows\\CAInvokerService.exe" ) and process.code_signature.trusted == true ) or ( process.executable : "G:\\SMS_*\\srvboot.exe" and process.code_signature.trusted == true and process.code_signature.subject_name : "Microsoft Corporation" ) ) ] by host.id, process.executable
Install detection rules in Elastic Security
Detect Remote Execution via File Shares 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).