Defense Evasion (TA0005)(external, opens in a new tab or window)
Persistence (TA0003)(external, opens in a new tab or window)
endpoint(external, opens in a new tab or window)
sentinel_one_cloud_funnel(external, opens in a new tab or window)
text code block:process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and process.parent.name : ( "slack.exe", "CiscoCollabHost.exe", "WebexHost.exe", "Teams.exe", "Discord.exe", "Whatsapp.exe", "Zoom.exe", "thunderbird.exe" ) and not process.executable : ( "?:\\Program Files\\*.exe", "?:\\Program Files (x86)\\*.exe", "?:\\Windows\\System32\\WerFault.exe", "?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\WerFault.exe" ) and /* Common Signed Browser Processes */ not ( process.executable : ( "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe", "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Island\\Island\\Application\\Island.exe", "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe", "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Opera\\opera.exe" ) and process.code_signature.trusted == true ) and ( /* Slack */ (process.parent.name : "slack.exe" and not ( ( process.executable : ( "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Roaming\\Zoom\\bin*\\Zoom.exe", "?:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe", "?:\\Windows\\System32\\notepad.exe" ) and process.code_signature.trusted == true ) or ( process.code_signature.subject_name : ( "Slack Technologies, Inc.", "Slack Technologies, LLC" ) and process.code_signature.trusted == true ) or ( (process.name : "powershell.exe" and process.command_line : "powershell.exe -c Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://slackb.com/*") or (process.name : "cmd.exe" and process.command_line : "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe /d /s /c \"%windir%\\System32\\rundll32.exe User32.dll,SetFocus 0\"") ) ) ) or /* WebEx */ (process.parent.name : ("CiscoCollabHost.exe", "WebexHost.exe") and not ( process.code_signature.subject_name : ( "Cisco Systems, Inc.", "Cisco WebEx LLC", "Cisco Systems Inc." ) and process.code_signature.trusted == true ) ) or /* Teams */ (process.parent.name : "Teams.exe" and not ( ( process.executable : ( "?:\\Windows\\BrowserCore\\BrowserCore.exe", "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Teams\\current\\Teams.exe" ) and process.code_signature.trusted == true ) or ( process.code_signature.subject_name : ( "Microsoft Corporation", "Microsoft 3rd Party Application Component" ) and process.code_signature.trusted == true ) or ( (process.name : "taskkill.exe" and process.args : "Teams.exe") ) ) ) or /* Discord */ (process.parent.name : "Discord.exe" and not ( ( process.executable : ( "?:\\Windows\\System32\\reg.exe", "?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\reg.exe" ) and process.code_signature.trusted == true ) or ( process.code_signature.subject_name : ( "Discord Inc." ) and process.code_signature.trusted == true ) or ( process.name : "cmd.exe" and ( process.command_line : ( "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe /d /s /c \"chcp\"", "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe /q /d /s /c \"C:\\Program^ Files\\NVIDIA^ Corporation\\NVSMI\\nvidia-smi.exe\"" ) or process.args : ( "C:\\WINDOWS/System32/nvidia-smi.exe", "C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\nvidia-smi.exe", "C:\\Windows\\System32\\DriverStore\\FileRepository/*/nvidia-smi.exe*" ) ) ) ) ) or /* WhatsApp */ (process.parent.name : "Whatsapp.exe" and not ( ( process.executable : ( "?:\\Windows\\System32\\reg.exe", "?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\reg.exe" ) and process.code_signature.trusted == true ) or ( process.code_signature.subject_name : ( "WhatsApp LLC", "WhatsApp, Inc", "24803D75-212C-471A-BC57-9EF86AB91435" ) and process.code_signature.trusted == true ) or ( (process.name : "cmd.exe" and process.command_line : "C:\\Windows\\system32\\cmd.exe /d /s /c \"C:\\Windows\\system32\\wbem\\wmic.exe*") ) ) ) or /* Zoom */ (process.parent.name : "Zoom.exe" and not ( ( process.executable : ( "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\BraveSoftware\\Brave-Browser\\Application\\brave.exe" ) and process.code_signature.trusted == true ) or ( process.code_signature.subject_name : ( "Zoom Video Communications, Inc.", "Zoom Communications, Inc." ) and process.code_signature.trusted == true ) ) ) or /* Thunderbird */ (process.parent.name : "thunderbird.exe" and not ( ( process.executable : ( "?:\\Windows\\splwow64.exe", "?:\\Windows\\System32\\spool\\drivers\\x64\\3\\*.EXE" ) and process.code_signature.trusted == true ) or ( process.code_signature.subject_name : ( "Mozilla Corporation" ) and process.code_signature.trusted == true ) ) ) )
Install detection rules in Elastic Security
Detect Suspicious Communication App Child Process 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).