title: CobaltStrike Process Injection
author: Olaf Hartong, Florian Roth, Aleksey Potapov, oscd.community
date: 2018/11/30
description: Detects a possible remote threat creation with certain characteristics
    which are typical for Cobalt Strike beacons
detection:
    SELECTION_1:
        EventID: 8
    SELECTION_2:
        TargetProcessAddress: '*0B80'
    SELECTION_3:
        TargetProcessAddress: '*0C7C'
    SELECTION_4:
        TargetProcessAddress: '*0C88'
    condition: (SELECTION_1 and (SELECTION_2 or SELECTION_3 or SELECTION_4))
falsepositives:
- unknown
id: 6309645e-122d-4c5b-bb2b-22e4f9c2fa42
level: high
logsource:
    category: create_remote_thread
    product: windows
modified: 2020/08/28
references:
- https://medium.com/@olafhartong/cobalt-strike-remote-threads-detection-206372d11d0f
- https://blog.cobaltstrike.com/2018/04/09/cobalt-strike-3-11-the-snake-that-eats-its-tail/
status: experimental
tags:
- attack.defense_evasion
- attack.t1055
- attack.t1055.001
yml_filename: sysmon_cobaltstrike_process_injection.yml
yml_path: /Users/user/Documents/YamatoSecurity/sigma/rules/windows/create_remote_thread