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Potentially Suspicious Ping/Copy Command Combination

Detects uncommon and potentially suspicious one-liner command containing both "ping" and "copy" at the same time, which is usually used by malware.

MITRE ATT&CK

T1070.004

defense-evasion

Detection Query

selection_cmd:
  - Image|endswith: \cmd.exe
  - OriginalFileName: Cmd.Exe
selection_action:
  CommandLine|contains|all:
    - ping
    - "copy "
selection_cli_1:
  CommandLine|contains|windash: " -n "
selection_cli_2:
  CommandLine|contains|windash: " -y "
condition: all of selection_*

Author

X__Junior (Nextron Systems)

Created

2023-07-18

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

Internal Research

Tags

attack.defense-evasionattack.t1070.004

Raw Content

title: Potentially Suspicious Ping/Copy Command Combination
id: ded2b07a-d12f-4284-9b76-653e37b6c8b0
status: test
description: |
    Detects uncommon and potentially suspicious one-liner command containing both "ping" and "copy" at the same time, which is usually used by malware.
references:
    - Internal Research
author: X__Junior (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-07-18
modified: 2024-03-06
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1070.004
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    # Note: In the case of sysmon and similar logging utilities, see this discussion https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/discussions/4277
    selection_cmd:
        - Image|endswith: '\cmd.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'Cmd.Exe'
    selection_action:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'ping' # Covers "ping" and "ping.exe"
            - 'copy '
    selection_cli_1:
        CommandLine|contains|windash: ' -n ' # Count
    selection_cli_2:
        CommandLine|contains|windash: ' -y '
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium