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HighSigmaHQ Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Renamed AdFind Execution

Detects the use of a renamed Adfind.exe. AdFind continues to be seen across majority of breaches. It is used to domain trust discovery to plan out subsequent steps in the attack chain.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: ESXi Linux macOS Network Devices Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 4 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source category: process_creation

Known benign triggers

Unknown

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
github.com/center-for-threat-informed-defense/adversary_emulation_library/blob/bf62ece1c679b07b5fb49c4bae947fe24c81811f/fin6/Emulation_Plan/Phase1.md	Tool	2
social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7535.adfind-command-examples.aspx	Unclassified	3
thedfirreport.com/2020/05/08/adfind-recon/	Threat report	3from 2 sources
thedfirreport.com/2021/01/11/trickbot-still-alive-and-well/	Threat report	3from 2 sources
www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/adfind/	Unclassified	4
www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/01/20/deep-dive-into-the-solorigate-second-stage-activation-from-sunburst-to-teardrop-and-raindrop/	Threat report	7from 2 sources

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