Peach Sandstorm APT Process Activity Indicators

Status: test
Severity: high
Log source: category process_creation, product windows
Author: X__Junior (Nextron Systems)
Source: github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects process creation activity related to Peach Sandstorm APT

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: Peach Sandstorm APT Process Activity Indicators
id: 2e7bbd54-2f26-476e-b4a1-ba5f1a012614
status: test
description: Detects process creation activity related to Peach Sandstorm APT
references:
    - https://twitter.com/MsftSecIntel/status/1737895710169628824
    - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/364275326bbfc4a3b89233dabdaf3230a3d149ab774678342a40644ad9f8d614/details
author: X__Junior (Nextron Systems)
date: 2024-01-15
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        CommandLine|contains: 'QP''s\*(58vaP!tF4'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: high

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: `condition`

selection

Stage 1: `selection`

selection:
    CommandLine|contains: 'QP''s\*(58vaP!tF4'

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

Field	Kind	Values	Search
`CommandLine`	match	`QP's\*(58vaP!tF4`	`field:"CommandLine" kind:match value:"QP's\*(58vaP!tF4"`

Peach Sandstorm APT Process Activity Indicators

Known false positives

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Telemetry coverage

Rule body

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

Stage 1: selection

Indicators

Stage 0: `condition`

Stage 1: `selection`