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Potential APT Mustang Panda Activity Against Australian Gov
Detects specific command line execution used by Mustang Panda in a targeted attack against the Australian government as reported by Lab52
Known false positives
- Unlikely
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Execution | No specific technique |
Telemetry coverage
| Provider | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 1: Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 4688: A new process has been created. |
Rule body
title: Potential APT Mustang Panda Activity Against Australian Gov
id: 7806bb49-f653-48d3-a915-5115c1a85234
status: test
description: Detects specific command line execution used by Mustang Panda in a targeted attack against the Australian government as reported by Lab52
references:
- https://lab52.io/blog/new-mustang-pandas-campaing-against-australia/
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-05-15
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.g0129
- detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_1:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'copy SolidPDFCreator.dll'
- 'C:\Users\Public\Libraries\PhotoTvRHD\SolidPDFCreator.dll'
selection_2:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'reg '
- '\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'SolidPDF'
- 'C:\Users\Public\Libraries\PhotoTvRHD\'
condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Unlikely
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
1 of selection_*Stage 1: selection_1
selection_1:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'copy SolidPDFCreator.dll'
- 'C:\Users\Public\Libraries\PhotoTvRHD\SolidPDFCreator.dll'
Stage 2: selection_2
selection_2:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'reg '
- '\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'SolidPDF'
- 'C:\Users\Public\Libraries\PhotoTvRHD\'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
| field:"CommandLine" kind:match |