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Microsoft Sync Center Suspicious Network Connections

Detects suspicious connections from Microsoft Sync Center to non-private IPs.

MITRE ATT&CK

privilege-escalationexecutiondefense-evasion

Detection Query

selection:
  Image|endswith: \mobsync.exe
filter_main_local_ranges:
  DestinationIp|cidr:
    - 127.0.0.0/8
    - 10.0.0.0/8
    - 172.16.0.0/12
    - 192.168.0.0/16
    - 169.254.0.0/16
    - ::1/128
    - fe80::/10
    - fc00::/7
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*

Author

elhoim

Created

2022-04-28

Data Sources

windowsNetwork Connection Events

Platforms

windows

References

https://redcanary.com/blog/intelligence-insights-november-2021/

Tags

attack.privilege-escalationattack.t1055attack.t1218attack.executionattack.defense-evasion

Raw Content

title: Microsoft Sync Center Suspicious Network Connections
id: 9f2cc74d-78af-4eb2-bb64-9cd1d292b87b
status: test
description: Detects suspicious connections from Microsoft Sync Center to non-private IPs.
references:
    - https://redcanary.com/blog/intelligence-insights-november-2021/
author: elhoim
date: 2022-04-28
modified: 2024-03-12
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1055
    - attack.t1218
    - attack.execution
    - attack.defense-evasion
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: network_connection
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\mobsync.exe'
    filter_main_local_ranges:
        DestinationIp|cidr:
            - '127.0.0.0/8'
            - '10.0.0.0/8'
            - '172.16.0.0/12'
            - '192.168.0.0/16'
            - '169.254.0.0/16'
            - '::1/128'  # IPv6 loopback
            - 'fe80::/10'  # IPv6 link-local addresses
            - 'fc00::/7'  # IPv6 private addresses
    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium