diff --git a/files/dfir/detecting-apt28.md b/files/dfir/detecting-apt28.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8e8a8ee --- /dev/null +++ b/files/dfir/detecting-apt28.md @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +# Detecting APT 28 + +- Using Event ID 4688 with Command Line logging enabled can trigger on Word calling cscript, wscript, and PowerShell as this is NOT normal. +- A DLL is used to infect the system using a batch file to load it which runs `RunDll32`. Alerts on `RunDll32` using 4688 with Command Line logging could trigger on this behavior. +- If using Windows Firewall logging, which does NOT require using the Windows Firewall, Detecting the IPs used to communicate to the C2 server with 5156 events. +- Monitoring changes to well known AutoRun registry locations could detect this behavior using a 4657 event. An Autoruns scanner like LOG-MD can also discover these malicious changes. This payload used the following key: `HKCU\Environment\UserInitMprLogonScrip`