
title: OceanLotus Registry Activity
author: megan201296, Jonhnathan Ribeiro
date: 2019/04/14
description: Detects registry keys created in OceanLotus (also known as APT32) attacks
detection:
  SELECTION_1:
    EventID: 12
  SELECTION_2:
    EventID: 13
  SELECTION_3:
    EventID: 14
  SELECTION_4:
    TargetObject: HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E08A0F4B-1F65-4D4D-9A09-BD4625B9C5A1}\Model
  SELECTION_5:
    TargetObject:
    - HKCU\SOFTWARE\App\\*
    - HKLM\SOFTWARE\App\\*
  SELECTION_6:
    TargetObject:
    - '*AppXbf13d4ea2945444d8b13e2121cb6b663\\*'
    - '*AppX70162486c7554f7f80f481985d67586d\\*'
    - '*AppX37cc7fdccd644b4f85f4b22d5a3f105a\\*'
  SELECTION_7:
    TargetObject:
    - '*Application'
    - '*DefaultIcon'
  SELECTION_8:
    TargetObject:
    - HKCU\\*
  SELECTION_9:
    TargetObject:
    - '*Classes\AppXc52346ec40fb4061ad96be0e6cb7d16a\\*'
    - '*Classes\AppX3bbba44c6cae4d9695755183472171e2\\*'
    - '*Classes\CLSID\{E3517E26-8E93-458D-A6DF-8030BC80528B}\\*'
    - '*Classes\CLSID\{E08A0F4B-1F65-4D4D-9A09-BD4625B9C5A1}\Model*'
  condition: ((SELECTION_1 or SELECTION_2 or SELECTION_3) and ((SELECTION_4 or (SELECTION_5
    and SELECTION_6 and SELECTION_7)) or (SELECTION_8 and SELECTION_9)))
falsepositives:
- Unknown
id: 4ac5fc44-a601-4c06-955b-309df8c4e9d4
level: critical
logsource:
  category: registry_event
  product: windows
modified: 2021/09/17
references:
- https://www.welivesecurity.com/2019/03/20/fake-or-fake-keeping-up-with-oceanlotus-decoys/
- https://github.com/eset/malware-ioc/tree/master/oceanlotus
status: experimental
tags:
- attack.defense_evasion
- attack.t1112
ruletype: SIGMA
