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DARKRADIATION Ransomware Infection
Identifies a file extension used by DARKRADIATION bash ransomware that abuses the openssl utility to encrypt files. Adversaries may encrypt data on target systems or on large numbers of systems in a network to interrupt availability to system and network resources.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Impact |
Telemetry coverage
Rule body
[rule]
description = """
Identifies a file extension used by DARKRADIATION bash ransomware that abuses the openssl utility to encrypt files.
Adversaries may encrypt data on target systems or on large numbers of systems in a network to interrupt availability to
system and network resources.
"""
id = "33309858-3154-47a6-b601-eda2de62557b"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "DARKRADIATION Ransomware Infection"
os_list = ["linux", "macos"]
reference = [
"https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/21/f/bash-ransomware-darkradiation-targets-red-hat--and-debian-based-linux-distributions.html",
]
version = "1.0.29"
query = '''
process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and
process.name == "xargs" and process.args == "openssl" and process.args == "enc" and
/* radiation unicode symbol used by DARKRADIATION ransomware */
process.command_line like "*.☢*"
'''
min_endpoint_version = "7.15.0"
optional_actions = []
[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 0
[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.parent.entity_id"
state = 0
[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1486"
name = "Data Encrypted for Impact"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1486/"
[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0040"
name = "Impact"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0040/"
[internal]
min_endpoint_version = "7.15.0"
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: process
process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and
process.name == "xargs" and process.args == "openssl" and process.args == "enc" and
process.command_line like "*.☢*"
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
event.action | eq |
| field:"EventType" kind:eq value:"exec" |
event.type | eq |
| field:"event.type" kind:eq value:"start" |
process.args | eq |
| field:"process.args" kind:eq |
process.command_line | wildcard |
| field:"CommandLine" kind:wildcard value:"*.☢*" |
process.name | eq |
| field:"process_name" kind:eq value:"xargs" |