Sigma rule: APT31 Judgement Panda Activity

Rule

Title

APT31 Judgement Panda Activity

Status

test

Level

critical

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Date

2019-02-21

Modified

2023-03-10

File

rules-emerging-threats/2019/TA/APT31/proc_creation_win_apt_apt31_judgement_panda.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects APT31 Judgement Panda activity as described in the Crowdstrike 2019 Global Threat Report

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection_ldifde:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - 'ldifde'
        - '-f -n'
        - 'eprod.ldf'
selection_lateral_movement:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - 'copy \\\\'
        - 'c$'
    CommandLine|contains:
        - '\aaaa\procdump64.exe'
        - '\aaaa\netsess.exe'
        - '\aaaa\7za.exe'
        - '\c$\aaaa\'
condition: 1 of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unlikely

Tags

• attack.collection
• attack.lateral-movement
• attack.credential-access
• attack.g0128
• attack.t1003.001
• attack.t1560.001
• detection.emerging-threats

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• G0128
• T1003.001
• T1560.001

References

• https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5743766-Global-Threat-Report-2019.html

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