title: Sysprep on AppData Folder
author: Florian Roth
date: 2018/06/22
description: Detects suspicious sysprep process start with AppData folder as target
  (as used by Trojan Syndicasec in Thrip report by Symantec)
detection:
  SELECTION_1:
    EventID: 1
  SELECTION_2:
    Image:
    - '*\sysprep.exe'
  SELECTION_3:
    CommandLine:
    - '*\AppData\\*'
  condition: (SELECTION_1 and SELECTION_2 and SELECTION_3)
falsepositives:
- False positives depend on scripts and administrative tools used in the monitored
  environment
id: d5b9ae7a-e6fc-405e-80ff-2ff9dcc64e7e
level: medium
logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
modified: 2018/12/11
references:
- https://www.symantec.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/thrip-hits-satellite-telecoms-defense-targets
- https://app.any.run/tasks/61a296bb-81ad-4fee-955f-3b399f4aaf4b
status: experimental
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.t1059