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T1016 Info stealer tool Grixba

T1016 - Info stealer Grixba

DESCRIPTION

Detects custom info stealer tool Grixba used by Play ransomware It was developed by Play ransomware actors using Costura, a popular.NET development tool for embedding an application's dependencies into a single executable file

example:

Imageload log containing file name costura.commandline.dll which is used by Grixba

Related

Play ransomware

Reference:

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-352a
https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/play-ransomware-volume-shadow-copy
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/play-ransomware-gang-uses-custom-shadow-volume-copy-data-theft-tool/

ATT&CK TACTICS

T1016 - System Network Configuration Discovery

Data Source(s): Module

SENTINEL RULE QUERY

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let filter_signOriginalFileName = dynamic(['MacDrive.exe', 'MacDrive Service.exe', 'MacDrive Helper.exe', 'SoftRAID.exe', 'SoftRAID Service.exe', 'SoftRAID Helper.exe']);
let filter_signCompanyName = dynamic(['Other World Computing, Inc.', 'OWC']);
DeviceImageLoadEvents
| where FileName contains "costura"
| where InitiatingProcessVersionInfoOriginalFileName !in (filter_signOriginalFileName) and InitiatingProcessVersionInfoCompanyName !in (filter_signCompanyName)

Triage

  1. Inspect if DLL image loaded's FileName is 'costura.commandline.dll', which is used by Grixba to parse command lines
  2. Inspect InitiatingProcessFolderPath for any anomalies/ suspicious process

False Positive

Known good used by legitimate companies

VERSION

Version 1.0 (date: 06/02/2024)