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Suspicious Files in Default GPO Folder — Sigma Rule

Sigma rule 5f87308a-0a5b-4623-ae15-d8fa1809bc60. Suspicious Files in Default GPO Folder — Sigma Rule. Detects the creation of copy of suspicious files (EXE/DLL) to the default GPO storage folder

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: elhoim. Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2022-04-28 / not supplied.

{
  "product": "windows",
  "category": "file_event"
}

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Source SHA-256: e11fdb57fdf217688224836e2e2efc48734152ee919803d8af97f7c86ae288f2

Detection logic

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title: Suspicious Files in Default GPO Folder
id: 5f87308a-0a5b-4623-ae15-d8fa1809bc60
status: test
description: Detects the creation of copy of suspicious files (EXE/DLL) to the default GPO storage folder
references:
    - https://redcanary.com/blog/intelligence-insights-november-2021/
author: elhoim
date: 2022-04-28
tags:
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1036.005
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: file_event
detection:
    selection:
        TargetFilename|contains: '\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\'
        TargetFilename|endswith:
            - '.dll'
            - '.exe'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium

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  • Unknown

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