Sigma rule: HackTool - Inveigh Execution Artefacts

Rule

Title

HackTool - Inveigh Execution Artefacts

Status

test

Level

critical

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Date

2022-10-24

Modified

2024-06-27

File

rules/windows/file/file_event/file_event_win_hktl_inveigh_artefacts.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the presence and execution of Inveigh via dropped artefacts

Log source

product

windows

category

file_event

Detection

selection:
    TargetFilename|endswith:
        - '\Inveigh-Log.txt'
        - '\Inveigh-Cleartext.txt'
        - '\Inveigh-NTLMv1Users.txt'
        - '\Inveigh-NTLMv2Users.txt'
        - '\Inveigh-NTLMv1.txt'
        - '\Inveigh-NTLMv2.txt'
        - '\Inveigh-FormInput.txt'
        - '\Inveigh.dll'
        - '\Inveigh.exe'
        - '\Inveigh.ps1'
        - '\Inveigh-Relay.ps1'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unlikely

Tags

• attack.command-and-control
• attack.t1219.002

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1219.002

References

• https://github.com/Kevin-Robertson/Inveigh/blob/29d9e3c3a625b3033cdaf4683efaafadcecb9007/Inveigh/Support/Output.cs
• https://github.com/Kevin-Robertson/Inveigh/blob/29d9e3c3a625b3033cdaf4683efaafadcecb9007/Inveigh/Support/Control.cs
• https://thedfirreport.com/2020/11/23/pysa-mespinoza-ransomware/

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/file/file_event/file_event_win_hktl_inveigh_artefacts.yml