APT27 - Emissary Panda Activity

Detects the execution of DLL side-loading malware used by threat group Emissary Panda aka APT27

Detection logic

selection_sllauncher

ParentImage|endswith: \sllauncher.exe
Image|endswith: \svchost.exe

selection_svchost

ParentImage|contains: \AppData\Roaming\
Image|endswith: \svchost.exe
CommandLine|contains: -k

Condition

1 of selection_*

Raw YAML

title: APT27 - Emissary Panda Activity
id: 9aa01d62-7667-4d3b-acb8-8cb5103e2014
status: test
description: Detects the execution of DLL side-loading malware used by threat group Emissary Panda aka APT27
references:
    - https://app.any.run/tasks/579e7587-f09d-4aae-8b07-472833262965
    - https://twitter.com/cyb3rops/status/1168863899531132929
    - https://research.nccgroup.com/2018/05/18/emissary-panda-a-potential-new-malicious-tool/
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2018-09-03
modified: 2023-03-09
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.execution
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1574.001
    - attack.g0027
    - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_sllauncher:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\sllauncher.exe'
        Image|endswith: '\svchost.exe'
    selection_svchost:
        ParentImage|contains: '\AppData\Roaming\'
        Image|endswith: '\svchost.exe'
        CommandLine|contains: '-k'
    condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: critical

False positives

Unlikely

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