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Hermetic Wiper TG Process Patterns
Detects process execution patterns found in intrusions related to the Hermetic Wiper malware attacks against Ukraine in February 2022
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Lateral Movement |
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: Hermetic Wiper TG Process Patterns
id: 2f974656-6d83-4059-bbdf-68ac5403422f
status: test
description: Detects process execution patterns found in intrusions related to the Hermetic Wiper malware attacks against Ukraine in February 2022
references:
- https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/ukraine-wiper-malware-russia
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-02-25
modified: 2022-09-09
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.lateral-movement
- attack.t1021.001
- detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection1:
Image|endswith: '\policydefinitions\postgresql.exe'
selection2:
- CommandLine|contains:
- 'CSIDL_SYSTEM_DRIVE\temp\sys.tmp'
- ' 1> \\\\127.0.0.1\ADMIN$\__16'
- CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'powershell -c '
- '\comsvcs.dll MiniDump '
- '\winupd.log full'
condition: 1 of selection*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
1 of selection*Stage 1: selection1
selection1:
Image|endswith: '\policydefinitions\postgresql.exe'
Stage 2: selection2
selection2:
- CommandLine|contains:
- 'CSIDL_SYSTEM_DRIVE\temp\sys.tmp'
- ' 1> \\\\127.0.0.1\ADMIN$\__16'
- CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'powershell -c '
- '\comsvcs.dll MiniDump '
- '\winupd.log full'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
| field:"CommandLine" kind:match |
Image | ends_with |
| field:"Image" kind:ends_with value:"\policydefinitions\postgresql.exe" |