T1036.003 Rename Legitimate Utilities
Sub-technique of T1036 Masquerading
Adversaries may rename legitimate / system utilities to try to evade security mechanisms concerning the usage of those utilities. Security monitoring and control mechanisms may be in place for legitimate utilities adversaries are capable of abusing, including both built-in binaries and tools such as PSExec, AutoHotKey, and IronPython.(Citation: LOLBAS Main Site)(Citation: Huntress Python Malware…
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- File Download Via Bitsadmin To A Suspicious Target Folderhightest · windows
- File With Suspicious Extension Downloaded Via Bitsadminhightest · windows
- LOL-Binary Copied From System Directoryhightest · windows
- Potential Defense Evasion Via Rename Of Highly Relevant Binarieshightest · windows
- Potential WerFault ReflectDebugger Registry Value Abusehightest · windows
- Ps.exe Renamed SysInternals Toolhightest · windows
- Renamed BrowserCore.EXE Executionhightest · windows
- Renamed Jusched.EXE Executionhightest · windows
- Renamed Msdt.EXE Executionhightest · windows
- Renamed Office Binary Executionhightest · windows
- Renamed ProcDump Executionhightest · windows
- Suspicious Download From Direct IP Via Bitsadminhightest · windows
- Suspicious Download From File-Sharing Website Via Bitsadminhightest · windows
- Remote Access Tool - Renamed MeshAgent Execution - MacOShighexperimental · macos
- Remote Access Tool - Renamed MeshAgent Execution - Windowshighexperimental · windows
- Renamed Schtasks Executionhighexperimental · windows
- File Download Via Bitsadminmediumtest · windows
- Masquerading as Linux Crond Processmediumtest · linux
- PUA - Potential PE Metadata Tamper Using Rceditmediumtest · windows
- Potential Defense Evasion Via Binary Renamemediumtest · windows
- Potential Homoglyph Attack Using Lookalike Charactersmediumtest · windows
- Potential Homoglyph Attack Using Lookalike Characters in Filenamemediumtest · windows
- Potential PendingFileRenameOperations Tamperingmediumtest · windows
- Suspicious Copy From or To System Directorymediumtest · windows
- Suspicious Start-Process PassThrumediumtest · windows
Rules from SigmaHQ · Detection Rule License 1.1. Technique from MITRE ATT&CK®.