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SUNBURST and SUPERNOVA backdoor hashes (Normalized File Events)
Identifies SolarWinds SUNBURST and SUPERNOVA backdoor file hash IOCs in File Events To use this analytics rule, make sure you have deployed the ASIM normalization parsers References: - https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor.html - https://gist.github.com/olafhartong/71ffdd4cab4b6acd5cbcd1a0691ff82f
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Initial Access | |
| Execution | |
| Persistence |
Telemetry coverage
Rule body
id: bc5ffe2a-84d6-48fe-bc7b-1055100469bc
name: SUNBURST and SUPERNOVA backdoor hashes (Normalized File Events)
description: |
Identifies SolarWinds SUNBURST and SUPERNOVA backdoor file hash IOCs in File Events
To use this analytics rule, make sure you have deployed the [ASIM normalization parsers](https://aka.ms/ASimFileEvent)
References:
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor.html
- https://gist.github.com/olafhartong/71ffdd4cab4b6acd5cbcd1a0691ff82f
severity: High
requiredDataConnectors: []
queryFrequency: 1d
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
- Execution
- Persistence
- InitialAccess
relevantTechniques:
- T1195
- T1059
- T1546
tags:
- Id: a3c144f9-8051-47d4-ac29-ffb0c312c910
version: 1.0.0
query: |
let SunburstMD5=dynamic(["b91ce2fa41029f6955bff20079468448","02af7cec58b9a5da1c542b5a32151ba1","2c4a910a1299cdae2a4e55988a2f102e","846e27a652a5e1bfbd0ddd38a16dc865","4f2eb62fa529c0283b28d05ddd311fae"]);
let SupernovaMD5="56ceb6d0011d87b6e4d7023d7ef85676";
imFileEvent
| where TargetFileMD5 in (SunburstMD5) or TargetFileMD5 in (SupernovaMD5)
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(User, @'\')[1]), AccountNTDomain = tostring(split(User, @'\')[0])
| extend AlgorithmType = "MD5"
entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
fieldMappings:
- identifier: FullName
columnName: User
- identifier: Name
columnName: AccountName
- identifier: NTDomain
columnName: AccountNTDomain
- entityType: Host
fieldMappings:
- identifier: FullName
columnName: Dvc
- identifier: HostName
columnName: DvcHostname
- identifier: DnsDomain
columnName: DvcDomain
- entityType: FileHash
fieldMappings:
- identifier: Algorithm
columnName: AlgorithmType
- identifier: Value
columnName: TargetFileMD5
version: 1.0.7
kind: Scheduled
metadata:
source:
kind: Community
author:
name: Yaron
support:
tier: Community
categories:
domains: [ "Security - Threat Intelligence" ]
Stages and Predicates
Parameters
let SupernovaMD5 = "56ceb6d0011d87b6e4d7023d7ef85676";
Let binding: SunburstMD5
let SunburstMD5 = dynamic(["b91ce2fa41029f6955bff20079468448","02af7cec58b9a5da1c542b5a32151ba1","2c4a910a1299cdae2a4e55988a2f102e","846e27a652a5e1bfbd0ddd38a16dc865","4f2eb62fa529c0283b28d05ddd311fae"]);
Stage 1: source
imFileEvent
Stage 2: where
| where TargetFileMD5 in (SunburstMD5) or TargetFileMD5 in (SupernovaMD5)
Stage 3: extend
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(User, @'\')[1]), AccountNTDomain = tostring(split(User, @'\')[0])
Stage 4: extend
| extend AlgorithmType = "MD5"
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
TargetFileMD5 | in |
| field:"md5" kind:in |
Output fields
These fields are emitted when the rule matches.
| Field | Source |
|---|---|
AccountNTDomain | extend |
AccountName | extend |
AlgorithmType | extend |