Potentially Suspicious File Download From ZIP TLD
Detects the download of a file with a potentially suspicious extension from a .zip top level domain.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- create_stream_hash
Known benign triggers
- Legitimate file downloads from a websites and web services that uses the ".zip" top level domain.
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| fabian-voith.de/2020/06/25/sysmon-v11-1-reads-alternate-data-streams/ | 2 |
| twitter.com/cyb3rops/status/1659175181695287297 | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 0bb4bbeb-fe52-4044-b40c-430a04577ebe
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.stealth
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1