Sigma rule: Automated Collection Command Prompt

Rule

Title

Automated Collection Command Prompt

Status

test

Level

medium

Author

frack113

Date

2021-07-28

Modified

2022-11-11

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_susp_automated_collection.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Once established within a system or network, an adversary may use automated techniques for collecting internal data.

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection_ext:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - '.doc'
        - '.docx'
        - '.xls'
        - '.xlsx'
        - '.ppt'
        - '.pptx'
        - '.rtf'
        - '.pdf'
        - '.txt'
selection_other_dir:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - 'dir '
        - ' /b '
        - ' /s '
selection_other_findstr:
    OriginalFileName: 'FINDSTR.EXE'
    CommandLine|contains:
        - ' /e '
        - ' /si '
condition: selection_ext and 1 of selection_other_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unknown

Tags

• attack.collection
• attack.t1119
• attack.credential-access
• attack.t1552.001

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1119
• T1552.001

References

• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1119/T1119.md
• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1552.001/T1552.001.md

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/process_creation/proc_creation_win_susp_automated_collection.yml