Sigma rule: APT29 2018 Phishing Campaign CommandLine Indicators

Rule

Title

APT29 2018 Phishing Campaign CommandLine Indicators

Status

stable

Level

critical

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), @41thexplorer

Date

2018-11-20

Modified

2023-03-08

File

rules-emerging-threats/2018/TA/APT29-CozyBear/proc_creation_win_apt_apt29_phishing_campaign_indicators.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects indicators of APT 29 (Cozy Bear) phishing-campaign as reported by mandiant

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection:
    - CommandLine|contains: '-noni -ep bypass $'
    - CommandLine|contains|all:
          - 'cyzfc.dat,'
          - 'PointFunctionCall'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unlikely

Tags

• attack.execution
• attack.stealth
• attack.t1218.011
• detection.emerging-threats

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1218.011

Related rules

• 033fe7d6-66d1-4240-ac6b-28908009c71f (obsolete)

References

• https://twitter.com/DrunkBinary/status/1063075530180886529
• https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2018/12/03/analysis-of-cyberattack-on-u-s-think-tanks-non-profits-public-sector-by-unidentified-attackers/
• https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/not-so-cozy-an-uncomfortable-examination-of-a-suspected-apt29-phishing-campaign

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2018/TA/APT29-CozyBear/proc_creation_win_apt_apt29_phishing_campaign_indicators.yml