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HackTool - Potential CobaltStrike Process Injection

Detects a potential remote threat creation with certain characteristics which are typical for Cobalt Strike beacons

MITRE ATT&CK

privilege-escalationdefense-evasion

Detection Query

selection:
  StartAddress|endswith:
    - 0B80
    - 0C7C
    - 0C88
condition: selection

Author

Olaf Hartong, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Aleksey Potapov, oscd.community

Created

2018-11-30

Data Sources

windowsRemote Thread Creation

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.privilege-escalationattack.defense-evasionattack.t1055.001

Raw Content

title: HackTool - Potential CobaltStrike Process Injection
id: 6309645e-122d-4c5b-bb2b-22e4f9c2fa42
status: test
description: Detects a potential remote threat creation with certain characteristics which are typical for Cobalt Strike beacons
references:
    - https://medium.com/@olafhartong/cobalt-strike-remote-threads-detection-206372d11d0f
    - https://blog.cobaltstrike.com/2018/04/09/cobalt-strike-3-11-the-snake-that-eats-its-tail/
author: Olaf Hartong, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Aleksey Potapov, oscd.community
date: 2018-11-30
modified: 2023-05-05
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1055.001
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: create_remote_thread
detection:
    selection:
        StartAddress|endswith:
            - '0B80'
            - '0C7C'
            - '0C88'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high