HighSigmaHQ Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Password Protected ZIP File Opened (Suspicious Filenames)

Detects the extraction of password protected ZIP archives with suspicious file names. See the filename variable for more details on which file has been opened.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: Containers ESXi Linux macOS Network Devices Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 3 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source service: security

Known benign triggers

Legitimate used of encrypted ZIP files

References

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
twitter.com/sbousseaden/status/1523383197513379841	Social post	3

Detection rules

Password Protected ZIP File Opened (Suspicious Filenames)

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

From the source

Licence

Authorship

Detection rules