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Suspicious Wordpad Outbound Connections
Detects a network connection initiated by "wordpad.exe" over uncommon destination ports. This might indicate potential process injection activity from a beacon or similar mechanisms.
Detection Query
selection:
Initiated: "true"
Image|endswith: \wordpad.exe
filter_main_ports:
DestinationPort:
- 80
- 139
- 443
- 445
- 465
- 587
- 993
- 995
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
Author
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)
Created
2023-07-12
Data Sources
windowsNetwork Connection Events
Platforms
windows
References
Tags
attack.defense-evasionattack.command-and-control
Raw Content
title: Suspicious Wordpad Outbound Connections
id: 786cdae8-fefb-4eb2-9227-04e34060db01
status: test
description: |
Detects a network connection initiated by "wordpad.exe" over uncommon destination ports.
This might indicate potential process injection activity from a beacon or similar mechanisms.
references:
- https://blogs.blackberry.com/en/2023/07/romcom-targets-ukraine-nato-membership-talks-at-nato-summit
author: X__Junior (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-07-12
modified: 2023-12-15
tags:
- attack.defense-evasion
- attack.command-and-control
logsource:
category: network_connection
product: windows
detection:
selection:
Initiated: 'true'
Image|endswith: '\wordpad.exe'
filter_main_ports:
DestinationPort:
- 80
- 139
- 443
- 445
- 465
- 587
- 993
- 995
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
falsepositives:
- Other ports can be used, apply additional filters accordingly
level: medium