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7zip CommandLine To SMB Share Path
The following analytic detects the execution of 7z or 7za processes with command lines pointing to SMB network shares. (...)
Hunting stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security · CrowdStrike - mediumTeoderick Contreras, Splunk 2021-08-17 2026-05-13 01d29b48-ff6f-11eb-b81e-acde48001123
1 7Zip Compressing Dump Files
Detects execution of 7z in order to compress a file with a ".dmp"/".dump" extension, which could be a step in a process of dump file exfiltration.
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2022-09-27 2026-06-05 ec570e53-4c76-45a9-804d-dc3f355ff7a7
1 ADS Zone.Identifier Deleted
Detects the deletion of the "Zone.Identifier" ADS. (...)
Hunting test file_delete windows Sysmon - lowfrack113 2023-09-04 — 7eac0a16-5832-4e81-865f-0268a6d19e4b
1 ADS Zone.Identifier Deleted By Uncommon Application
Detects the deletion of the "Zone.Identifier" ADS by an uncommon process. (...)
Generic test file_delete windows Sysmon - mediumNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2023-09-04 2025-07-04 3109530e-ab47-4cc6-a953-cac5ebcc93ae
2 Alternate PowerShell Hosts - PowerShell Module
Detects alternate PowerShell hosts potentially bypassing detections looking for powershell.exe
Generic test ps_module windows PowerShell - mediumRoberto Rodriguez @Cyb3rWard0g 2019-08-11 2025-10-17 64e8e417-c19a-475a-8d19-98ea705394cc
1 Alternate PowerShell Hosts Pipe
Detects alternate PowerShell hosts potentially bypassing detections looking for powershell.exe
Generic test pipe_created windows Sysmon - mediumRoberto Rodriguez @Cyb3rWard0g, Tim Shelton 2019-09-12 2025-10-07 58cb02d5-78ce-4692-b3e1-dce850aae41a
2 Splunk
Anomalous usage of 7zip
The following analytic detects the execution of 7z.exe, a 7-Zip utility, spawned from rundll32.exe or dllhost.exe. (...)
Anomaly stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security · CrowdStrike - mediumMichael Haag, Teoderick Contreras, Splunk 2021-04-22 2026-05-13 9364ee8e-a39a-11eb-8f1d-acde48001122
3 AppLocker Application Would Have Been Blocked
Detects when AppLocker "Audit only" enforcement mode reports that an Application, DLL, Script, MSI, or Packaged-App would have been blocked if AppLocker "Enforce rules" enforcement mode was enabled.
Generic experimental - windows AppLocker - mediumheyyanu 2026-03-26 — 557e3bd3-7f21-495d-8d50-7c8bdfb8041c
4 AppLocker Prevented Application or Script from Running
Detects when AppLocker prevents the execution of an Application, DLL, Script, MSI, or Packaged-App from running.
Generic test - windows AppLocker - mediumPushkarev Dmitry 2020-06-28 2025-12-03 401e5d00-b944-11ea-8f9a-00163ecd60ae
3 AppX Package Installation Attempts Via AppInstaller.EXE
Detects DNS queries made by "AppInstaller.EXE". (...)
Generic test dns windows Sysmon - mediumfrack113 2021-11-24 2023-11-09 7cff77e1-9663-46a3-8260-17f2e1aa9d0a
2 APT User Agent
Detects suspicious user agent strings used in APT malware in proxy logs
Generic test proxy - - - highFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Markus Neis 2019-11-12 2024-02-15 6ec820f2-e963-4801-9127-d8b2dce4d31b
1 APT29 2018 Phishing Campaign CommandLine Indicators
Detects indicators of APT 29 (Cozy Bear) phishing-campaign as reported by mandiant
Emerging stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - criticalFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), @41thexplorer 2018-11-20 2023-03-08 7453575c-a747-40b9-839b-125a0aae324b
3 APT29 2018 Phishing Campaign File Indicators
Detects indicators of APT 29 (Cozy Bear) phishing-campaign as reported by mandiant
Emerging stable file_event windows Sysmon - critical@41thexplorer 2018-11-20 2023-02-20 3a3f81ca-652c-482b-adeb-b1c804727f74
2 APT31 Judgement Panda Activity
Detects APT31 Judgement Panda activity as described in the Crowdstrike 2019 Global Threat Report
Emerging test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - criticalFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems) 2019-02-21 2023-03-10 03e2746e-2b31-42f1-ab7a-eb39365b2422
1 APT40 Dropbox Tool User Agent
Detects suspicious user agent string of APT40 Dropbox tool
Emerging test proxy - - - highThomas Patzke 2019-11-12 2023-05-18 5ba715b6-71b7-44fd-8245-f66893e81b3d
1 Arbitrary File Download Via GfxDownloadWrapper.EXE
Detects execution of GfxDownloadWrapper.exe with a URL as an argument to download file.
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumVictor Sergeev, oscd.community 2020-10-09 2023-10-18 eee00933-a761-4cd0-be70-c42fe91731e7
1 Splunk
Attacker Tools On Endpoint
The following analytic detects the execution of tools commonly exploited by cybercriminals, such as those used for unauthorized access, network scanning, privilege escalation, password dumping or data exfiltration. (...)
Generic stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security · CrowdStrike · Cisco NVM · Cisco - mediumBhavin Patel, Splunk, sventec, Github Community 2021-07-12 2026-09-22 a51bfe1a-94f0-48cc-b4e4-16a110145893
- AWS EC2 Startup Shell Script Change
Detects changes to the EC2 instance startup script. (...)
Generic test cloud_audit - AWS CloudTrail · AWS - highfaloker 2020-02-12 2022-06-07 1ab3c5ed-5baf-417b-bb6b-78ca33f6c3df
1 Axios NPM Compromise File Creation Indicators - Linux
Detects file creation events linked to the Axios NPM supply chain compromise. (...)
Emerging experimental file_event linux Sysmon - highSwachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2026-04-01 — b7cb840c-11f6-47f7-b3ef-5524739c9077
5 Axios NPM Compromise File Creation Indicators - MacOS
Detects file creation events linked to the Axios NPM supply chain compromise on macOS devices. (...)
Emerging experimental file_event macos - - highSwachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2026-04-01 — 2db0458c-05c9-4069-a26f-77becd9c8c13
5 Axios NPM Compromise Indicators - Linux
Detects the Linux-specific execution chain of the plain-crypto-js malicious npm dependency by Axios NPM package, including payload download via curl and detached execution using nohup and python3. (...)
Emerging experimental process_creation linux Sysmon - highSwachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2026-04-01 — 0a23a62d-c5b3-468b-a072-25064a9a8c87
5 Axios NPM Compromise Indicators - macOS
Detects the macOS-specific execution chain of the plain-crypto-js malicious npm dependency in Axios NPM Package, including AppleScript execution via osascript, payload download, permission modification, execution, and cleanup.
Emerging experimental process_creation macos - - highSwachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2026-04-01 — a09ee860-31b3-4586-8a68-0ebd74ce0e5f
5 Axios NPM Compromise Indicators - Windows
Detects the specific Windows execution chain and process tree associated with the Axios NPM supply chain compromise. (...)
Emerging experimental process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highSwachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2026-04-01 — f6c27ecc-d890-4452-80e6-2e274a10e097
5 Axios NPM Compromise Malicious C2 Domain DNS Query
Detects DNS queries for the malicious C2 domain associated with the plain-crypto-js/Axios npm package supply chain compromise. (...)
Emerging experimental dns - - - highSwachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2026-04-01 — 73e5d24f-493f-4092-bd2f-c72cabda40ee
6 Backup Catalog Deleted
Detects backup catalog deletions
Generic test - windows WinEventLog Application - mediumFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Tom U. @c_APT_ure (collection) 2017-05-12 2022-12-25 9703792d-fd9a-456d-a672-ff92efe4806a
2 Bad Opsec Defaults Sacrificial Processes With Improper Arguments
Detects attackers using tooling with bad opsec defaults. (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highOleg Kolesnikov @securonix invrep_de, oscd.community, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems) 2020-10-23 2024-08-15 a7c3d773-caef-227e-a7e7-c2f13c622329
7 Bad Opsec Powershell Code Artifacts
focuses on trivial artifacts observed in variants of prevalent offensive ps1 payloads, including
Cob (...)
Generic test ps_module windows PowerShell - criticalok @securonix invrep_de, oscd.community 2020-10-09 2022-12-25 8d31a8ce-46b5-4dd6-bdc3-680931f1db86
3 Base64 Encoded PowerShell Command Detected
Detects usage of the "FromBase64String" function in the commandline which is used to decode a base64 (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems) 2020-01-29 2023-01-26 e32d4572-9826-4738-b651-95fa63747e8a
1 Bitbucket User Details Export Attempt Detected
Detects user data export activity.
Generic test cloud_audit - Bitbucket Audit · Bitbucket - mediumMuhammad Faisal (@faisalusuf) 2024-02-25 — 5259cbf2-0a75-48bf-b57a-c54d6fabaef3
2 Bitbucket User Permissions Export Attempt
Detects user permission data export attempt.
Generic test cloud_audit - Bitbucket Audit · Bitbucket - mediumMuhammad Faisal (@faisalusuf) 2024-02-25 — 87cc6698-3e07-4ba2-9b43-a85a73e151e2
2 Splunk
BITSAdmin Download File
The following analytic detects the use of `bitsadmin.exe` with the `transfer` parameter to download a remote object. (...)
Generic stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security · CrowdStrike - mediumMichael Haag, Sittikorn S 2021-03-30 2026-10-02 80630ff4-8e4c-11eb-aab5-acde48001122
5 Bitsadmin to Uncommon IP Server Address
Detects Bitsadmin connections to IP addresses instead of FQDN names
Generic test proxy - - - highFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems) 2022-06-10 2022-08-24 8ccd35a2-1c7c-468b-b568-ac6cdf80eec3
1 Bitsadmin to Uncommon TLD
Detects Bitsadmin connections to domains with uncommon TLDs
Generic test proxy - - - highFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Tim Shelton 2019-03-07 2026-09-30 9eb68894-7476-4cd6-8752-23b51f5883a7
2 BloodHound Collection Files
Detects default file names outputted by the BloodHound collection tool SharpHound
Generic test file_event windows Sysmon - highC.J. May 2022-08-09 2026-02-19 02773bed-83bf-469f-b7ff-e676e7d78bab
1 Browser Execution In Headless Mode
Detects execution of Chromium based browser in headless mode
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - lowNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2023-09-12 — ef9dcfed-690c-4c5d-a9d1-482cd422225c
2 bXOR Operator Usage In PowerShell Command Line - PowerShell Classic
Detects powershell execution with that make use of to the bxor (Bitwise XOR). (...)
Hunting test ps_classic_start windows PowerShell - lowTeymur Kheirkhabarov, Harish Segar 2020-06-29 2024-12-11 812837bb-b17f-45e9-8bd0-0ec35d2e3bd6
2 Certificate Exported Via Certutil.EXE
Detects the execution of the certutil with the "exportPFX" flag which allows the utility to export certificates.
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Jonhnathan Ribeiro, oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2023-02-15 2024-03-05 3ffd6f51-e6c1-47b7-94b4-c1e61d4117c5
1 Certificate Exported Via PowerShell
Detects calls to cmdlets that are used to export certificates from the local certificate store. (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2023-05-18 — 9e716b33-63b2-46da-86a4-bd3c3b9b5dfb
3 Splunk
CertUtil With Decode Argument
The following analytic detects the use of CertUtil.exe with the 'decode' argument, which may indicate an attempt to decode a previously encoded file, potentially containing malicious payloads. (...)
Generic stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security · CrowdStrike - mediumMichael Haag, Splunk 2021-03-25 2026-10-02 bfe94226-8c10-11eb-a4b3-acde48001122
5 Chafer Malware URL Pattern
Detects HTTP request used by Chafer malware to receive data from its C2.
Emerging test proxy - - - highFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems) 2019-01-31 2024-02-15 fb502828-2db0-438e-93e6-801c7548686d
1 Change PowerShell Policies to an Insecure Level
Detects changing the PowerShell script execution policy to a potentially insecure level using the "-ExecutionPolicy" flag.
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumfrack113 2021-11-01 2025-10-07 87e3c4e8-a6a8-4ad9-bb4f-46e7ff99a180
4 Change PowerShell Policies to an Insecure Level - PowerShell
Detects changing the PowerShell script execution policy to a potentially insecure level using the "Set-ExecutionPolicy" cmdlet.
Generic test ps_script windows PowerShell - mediumfrack113 2021-10-20 2023-12-14 61d0475c-173f-4844-86f7-f3eebae1c66b
3 Change User Agents with WebRequest
Adversaries may communicate using application layer protocols associated with web traffic to avoid detection/network filtering by blending in with existing traffic. (...)
Generic test ps_script windows PowerShell - mediumfrack113 2022-01-23 2025-07-18 d4488827-73af-4f8d-9244-7b7662ef046e
1 ChromeLoader Malware Execution
Detects execution of ChromeLoader malware via a registered scheduled task
Emerging test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - high@kostastsale 2022-01-10 — 0a74c5a9-1b71-4475-9af2-7829d320d5c2
4 Splunk
Cisco ASA - Reconnaissance Command Activity
This analytic detects potential reconnaissance activities on Cisco ASA devices by identifying execution of multiple information-gathering "show" commands within a short timeframe. (...)
Anomaly stable firewall - Cisco Secure Firewall · Cisco - mediumNasreddine Bencherchali, Splunk 2025-11-21 2026-05-13 6e9d4f7a-3c8b-4a9e-8d2f-7b5c9e1a6f3d
1 Cisco Collect Data
Collect pertinent data from the configuration files
Generic test authentication - Cisco AAA · Cisco - lowAustin Clark 2019-08-11 2023-01-04 cd072b25-a418-4f98-8ebc-5093fb38fe1a
3 Cisco Discovery
Find information about network devices that is not stored in config files
Generic test authentication - Cisco AAA · Cisco - lowAustin Clark 2019-08-12 2023-01-04 9705a6a1-6db6-4a16-a987-15b7151e299b
1 Cisco File Deletion
See what files are being deleted from flash file systems
Generic test authentication - Cisco AAA · Cisco - mediumAustin Clark 2019-08-12 2023-01-04 71d65515-c436-43c0-841b-236b1f32c21e
- Splunk
Cisco IOS XE Reconnaissance Command Activity
This analytic detects bursts of Cisco IOS or NX-OS discovery commands associated with Salt Typhoon tradecraft. (...)
Anomaly stable network_device - Cisco IOS · Cisco - mediumNasreddine Bencherchali 2026-05-19 2026-05-20 71ac5328-2364-40cf-8381-92b8dc531399
2 Splunk
Cisco Isovalent - Curl Execution With Insecure Flags
The following analytic detects the execution of curl commands with insecure flags within the Cisco Isovalent environment. (...)
Anomaly stable process_creation - Cisco - mediumBhavin Patel, Splunk 2026-01-05 2026-10-02 c16c4899-d3f7-461b-92c2-cc0ef5758855
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