Clop Ransomware Known Service Name
Description
This detection is to identify the common service name created by the CLOP ransomware as part of its persistence and high privilege code execution in the infected machine. Ussually CLOP ransomware use StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW API in creating this service entry.
- Type: TTP
- Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
- Datamodel: Endpoint
- Last Updated: 2021-03-17
- Author: Teoderick Contreras
- ID: 07e08a12-870c-11eb-b5f9-acde48001122
Annotations
ATT&CK
Kill Chain Phase
- Exploitation
NIST
CIS20
CVE
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`wineventlog_system` EventCode=7045 Service_Name IN ("SecurityCenterIBM", "WinCheckDRVs")
| stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime by EventCode Service_File_Name Service_Name Service_Start_Type Service_Type
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| `clop_ransomware_known_service_name_filter`
Macros
The SPL above uses the following Macros:
clop_ransomware_known_service_name_filter is a empty macro by default. It allows the user to filter out any results (false positives) without editing the SPL.
Required fields
List of fields required to use this analytic.
- EventCode
- cmdline
- _time
- parent_process_name
- process_name
- OriginalFileName
- process_path
How To Implement
To successfully implement this search, you need to be ingesting logs with the Service name, Service File Name Service Start type, and Service Type from your endpoints.
Known False Positives
unknown
Associated Analytic Story
RBA
Risk Score | Impact | Confidence | Message |
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100.0 | 100 | 100 | An instance of $parent_process_name$ spawning $process_name$ was identified on endpoint $dest$ executing known Clop Ransomware service names. |
The Risk Score is calculated by the following formula: Risk Score = (Impact * Confidence/100). Initial Confidence and Impact is set by the analytic author.
Reference
- https://www.mandiant.com/resources/fin11-email-campaigns-precursor-for-ransomware-data-theft
- https://blog.virustotal.com/2020/11/keep-your-friends-close-keep-ransomware.html
Test Dataset
Replay any dataset to Splunk Enterprise by using our replay.py
tool or the UI.
Alternatively you can replay a dataset into a Splunk Attack Range
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