Potential Linux Ransomware Note Creation Detected

This rule identifies a sequence of a mass file encryption event in conjunction with the creation of a .txt file with a file name containing ransomware keywords executed by the same process in a 1 second timespan. Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts a victim’s files or systems and demands payment (usually in cryptocurrency) in exchange for the decryption key. One important indicator of a ransomware attack is the mass encryption of the file system, after which a new file extension is added to the file.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References: None

Tags:

Version: 6

Rule authors:

Rule license: Elastic License v2

sequence by process.entity_id, host.id with maxspan=1s
  [file where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "change" and event.action == "rename" and file.extension : "?*"
   and process.executable : ("./*", "/tmp/*", "/var/tmp/*", "/dev/shm/*", "/var/run/*", "/boot/*", "/srv/*", "/run/*") and
   file.path : (
   "/home/*/Downloads/*", "/home/*/Documents/*", "/root/*", "/bin/*", "/usr/bin/*",
   "/opt/*", "/etc/*", "/var/log/*", "/var/lib/log/*", "/var/backup/*", "/var/www/*")] with runs=25
  [file where host.os.type == "linux" and event.action == "creation" and file.name : (
   "*crypt*", "*restore*", "*lock*", "*recovery*", "*data*", "*read*", "*instruction*", "*how_to*", "*ransom*"
  )]