title: Baby Shark Activity
id: 2b30fa36-3a18-402f-a22d-bf4ce2189f35
status: test
description: Detects activity that could be related to Baby Shark malware
author: Florian Roth
references:
  - https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/new-babyshark-malware-targets-u-s-national-security-think-tanks/
date: 2019/02/24
modified: 2021/11/27
logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
detection:
  selection:
    CommandLine:
      - reg query "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Default"
      - powershell.exe mshta.exe http*
      - cmd.exe /c taskkill /im cmd.exe
  condition: selection
falsepositives:
  - Unknown
level: high
tags:
  - attack.execution
  - attack.t1059.003
  - attack.t1059.001
  - attack.discovery
  - attack.t1012
  - attack.defense_evasion
  - attack.t1218.005
