PUA- IOX Tunneling Tool Execution — Sigma Rule

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Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems). Source status: test; severity: high. Source dates: 2022-10-08 / 2024-11-23.

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

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Source SHA-256: daade2e5fc71b4eeae7fe8f46509056e1033a7675b1224b978c281522e82bfcf

Detection logic

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title: PUA- IOX Tunneling Tool Execution
id: d7654f02-e04b-4934-9838-65c46f187ebc
status: test
description: Detects the use of IOX - a tool for port forwarding and intranet proxy purposes
references:
    - https://github.com/EddieIvan01/iox
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-10-08
modified: 2024-11-23
tags:
    - attack.command-and-control
    - attack.t1090
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\iox.exe'
    selection_commandline:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - '.exe fwd -l '
            - '.exe fwd -r '
            - '.exe proxy -l '
            - '.exe proxy -r '
    selection_hashes:
        # v0.4
        Hashes|contains:
            - "MD5=9DB2D314DD3F704A02051EF5EA210993"
            - "SHA1=039130337E28A6623ECF9A0A3DA7D92C5964D8DD"
            - "SHA256=C6CF82919B809967D9D90EA73772A8AA1C1EB3BC59252D977500F64F1A0D6731"
    condition: 1 of selection*
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate use
level: high

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False positives

• Legitimate use

Source references

• https://github.com/EddieIvan01/iox