Sigma rule: Potential Russian APT Credential Theft Activity

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-232bcf948edf, updated 2023-03-08T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Potential Russian APT Credential Theft Activity
Status
stable
Level
critical
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date
2019-02-21
Modified
2023-03-08
File
rules-emerging-threats/2019/TA/Bear-APT-Activity/proc_creation_win_apt_bear_activity_gtr19.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects Russian group activity as described in Global Threat Report 2019 by Crowdstrike

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection_xcopy:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - 'xcopy /S /E /C /Q /H \\\\'
        - '\sysvol\'
selection_adexplorer:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - 'adexplorer -snapshot "" c:\users\'
        - '\downloads\'
        - '.snp'
condition: 1 of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unlikely

Tags

  • attack.credential-access
  • attack.t1552.001
  • attack.t1003.003
  • detection.emerging-threats

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

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/2019/TA/Bear-APT-Activity/proc_creation_win_apt_bear_activity_gtr19.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Potential Russian APT Credential Theft Activity" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2019/TA/Bear-APT-Activity/proc_creation_win_apt_bear_activity_gtr19.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Potential Russian APT Credential Theft Activity",
entity page, dataset version ref-232bcf948edf, updated 2023-03-08T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/b83f5166-9237-4b5e-9cd4-7b5d52f4d8ee (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule b83f5166-9237-4b5e-9cd4-7b5d52f4d8ee, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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