title: Sysprep on AppData Folder
id: d5b9ae7a-e6fc-405e-80ff-2ff9dcc64e7e
status: test
description: Detects suspicious sysprep process start with AppData folder as target (as used by Trojan Syndicasec in Thrip report by Symantec)
author: Florian Roth
references:
  - https://www.symantec.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/thrip-hits-satellite-telecoms-defense-targets
  - https://app.any.run/tasks/61a296bb-81ad-4fee-955f-3b399f4aaf4b
date: 2018/06/22
modified: 2021/11/27
logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
detection:
  selection:
    Image|endswith:
      - '\sysprep.exe'
    CommandLine|contains:
      - '\AppData\'
  condition: selection
falsepositives:
  - False positives depend on scripts and administrative tools used in the monitored environment
level: medium
tags:
  - attack.execution
  - attack.t1059