title: IOX Tunneling Tool
id: d7654f02-e04b-4934-9838-65c46f187ebc
status: experimental
description: Detects the use of IOX - a tool for port forwarding and intranet proxy purposes
references:
    - https://github.com/EddieIvan01/iox
author: Florian Roth
date: 2022/10/08
tags:
    - attack.command_and_control
    - attack.t1090
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\iox.exe'
    selection_commandline:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - '.exe fwd -l '
            - '.exe fwd -r '
            - '.exe proxy -l '
            - '.exe proxy -r '
    selection_hashes:
        # v0.4
        - Hashes|contains:
            - "MD5=9DB2D314DD3F704A02051EF5EA210993"
            - "SHA1=039130337E28A6623ECF9A0A3DA7D92C5964D8DD"
            - "SHA256=C6CF82919B809967D9D90EA73772A8AA1C1EB3BC59252D977500F64F1A0D6731"
        - md5: '9db2d314dd3f704a02051ef5ea210993'
        - sha1: '039130337e28a6623ecf9a0a3da7d92c5964d8dd'
        - sha256: 'c6cf82919b809967d9d90ea73772a8aa1c1eb3bc59252d977500f64f1a0d6731'
    condition: 1 of selection*
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate use
level: high