title: Esentutl Steals Browser Information 
id: 6a69f62d-ce75-4b57-8dce-6351eb55b362
status: experimental
description: One way Qbot steals sensitive information is by extracting browser data from Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge by using the built-in utility esentutl.exe
references:
    - https://thedfirreport.com/2022/02/07/qbot-likes-to-move-it-move-it/
    - https://redcanary.com/threat-detection-report/threats/qbot/
author: frack113
date: 2022/02/13
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: \esentutl.exe
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - '/r '
            - '\Windows\WebCache'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate use
level: medium
tags:
    - attack.collection
    - attack.t1005
