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Roshal Archive (RAR) or PowerShell File Downloaded from the Internet

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Roshal Archive (RAR) or PowerShell File Downloaded from the Internet

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Detects a Roshal Archive (RAR) file or PowerShell script downloaded from the internet by an internal host. Gaining initial access to a system and then downloading encoded or encrypted tools to move laterally is a common practice for adversaries as a way to protect their more valuable tools and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). This may be atypical behavior for a managed network and can be indicative of malware, exfiltration, or command and control.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

packetbeat-*
auditbeat-*
filebeat-*
logs-network_traffic.*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

Tags:

Use Case: Threat Detection
Tactic: Command and Control
Domain: Endpoint

Version: 103

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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## Threat intel

This activity has been observed in FIN7 campaigns.

Rule query

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(event.dataset: (network_traffic.http or network_traffic.tls) or
  (event.category: (network or network_traffic) and network.protocol: http)) and
  (url.extension:(ps1 or rar) or url.path:(*.ps1 or *.rar)) and
    not destination.ip:(
      10.0.0.0/8 or
      127.0.0.0/8 or
      169.254.0.0/16 or
      172.16.0.0/12 or
      192.0.0.0/24 or
      192.0.0.0/29 or
      192.0.0.8/32 or
      192.0.0.9/32 or
      192.0.0.10/32 or
      192.0.0.170/32 or
      192.0.0.171/32 or
      192.0.2.0/24 or
      192.31.196.0/24 or
      192.52.193.0/24 or
      192.168.0.0/16 or
      192.88.99.0/24 or
      224.0.0.0/4 or
      100.64.0.0/10 or
      192.175.48.0/24 or
      198.18.0.0/15 or
      198.51.100.0/24 or
      203.0.113.0/24 or
      240.0.0.0/4 or
      "::1" or
      "FE80::/10" or
      "FF00::/8"
    ) and
    source.ip:(
      10.0.0.0/8 or
      172.16.0.0/12 or
      192.168.0.0/16
    )

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Command and Control
- ID: TA0011
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0011/
Technique:
- Name: Ingress Tool Transfer
- ID: T1105
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1105/

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