name: Ping Sleep Batch Command
id: ce058d6c-79f2-11ec-b476-acde48001122
version: 1
date: '2022-01-20'
author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk
type: Anomaly
datamodel:
- Endpoint
description: This analytic will identify the possible execution of ping sleep batch
  commands. This technique was seen in several malware samples and is used to trigger
  sleep times without explicitly calling sleep functions or commandlets. The goal
  is to delay the execution of malicious code and bypass detection or sandbox analysis.
  This  detection can be a good indicator of a process delaying its execution for
  malicious purposes.
search: '| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time)
  as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where `process_ping` (Processes.parent_process
  = "*ping*" Processes.parent_process = *-n* Processes.parent_process="* Nul*"Processes.parent_process="*>*")
  OR (Processes.process = "*ping*" Processes.process = *-n* Processes.process="* Nul*"Processes.process="*>*")
  by Processes.parent_process_name Processes.parent_process Processes.process_name
  Processes.original_file_name Processes.process Processes.process_id Processes.process_guid
  Processes.user Processes.dest | `drop_dm_object_name("Processes")` | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
  |`security_content_ctime(lastTime)` | `ping_sleep_batch_command_filter`'
how_to_implement: To successfully implement this search, you need to be ingesting
  logs with the process name, parent process, and command-line executions from your
  endpoints. If you are using Sysmon, you must have at least version 6.0.4 of the
  Sysmon TA.
known_false_positives: Administrator or network operator may execute this command.
  Please update the filter macros to remove false positives.
references:
- https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/01/15/destructive-malware-targeting-ukrainian-organizations/
tags:
  analytic_story:
  - WhisperGate
  automated_detection_testing: passed
  cis20:
  - CIS 3
  - CIS 5
  - CIS 16
  confidence: 60
  context:
  - Source:Endpoint
  - Stage:Defense Evasion
  dataset:
  - https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1497.003/ping_sleep/sysmon.log
  impact: 60
  kill_chain_phases:
  - Exploitation
  message: suspicious $process$ commandline run in $dest$
  mitre_attack_id:
  - T1497
  - T1497.003
  nist:
  - DE.CM
  observable:
  - name: user
    type: User
    role:
    - Victim
  - name: dest
    type: Hostname
    role:
    - Victim
  product:
  - Splunk Enterprise
  - Splunk Enterprise Security
  - Splunk Cloud
  required_fields:
  - _time
  - Processes.dest
  - Processes.user
  - Processes.parent_process_name
  - Processes.parent_process
  - Processes.original_file_name
  - Processes.process_name
  - Processes.process
  - Processes.process_id
  - Processes.parent_process_path
  - Processes.process_path
  - Processes.parent_process_id
  risk_score: 36
  security_domain: endpoint
  supported_tas:
  - Splunk_TA_microsoft_sysmon
  asset_type: Endpoint