Nasreddine Bencherchali
32 lines
1.1 KiB
YAML
32 lines
1.1 KiB
YAML
title: Virtualbox Driver Installation or Starting of VMs
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id: bab049ca-7471-4828-9024-38279a4c04da
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status: test
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description: Adversaries can carry out malicious operations using a virtual instance to avoid detection. This rule is built to detect the registration of the Virtualbox driver or start of a Virtualbox VM.
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references:
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- https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/05/21/ragnar-locker-ransomware-deploys-virtual-machine-to-dodge-security/
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- https://threatpost.com/maze-ransomware-ragnar-locker-virtual-machine/159350/
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author: Janantha Marasinghe
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date: 2020-09-26
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modified: 2025-07-29
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tags:
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- attack.stealth
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- attack.t1564.006
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- attack.t1564
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logsource:
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category: process_creation
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product: windows
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detection:
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selection_1:
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CommandLine|contains:
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- 'VBoxRT.dll,RTR3Init'
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- 'VBoxC.dll'
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- 'VBoxDrv.sys'
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selection_2:
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CommandLine|contains:
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- 'startvm'
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- 'controlvm'
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condition: 1 of selection_*
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falsepositives:
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- This may have false positives on hosts where Virtualbox is legitimately being used for operations
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level: low
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