Suspicious APT42 SMB Share Discovery via Invoke-HuntSMBShares (via ps_script)

ATT&CK techniques

Execution

Recon
Resource Dev
Initial Access
Execution
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Persistence
Priv Esc
Defense Evasion
Cred Access
Discovery
Lateral Movement
Collection
C2
Exfiltration
Impact

What it detects

This rule detects execution of the Invoke-HuntSMBShares PowerShell cmdlet used to enumerate accessible network shares and their permissions. APT42 ran this PowerHuntShares tooling to map file shares for data collection during their operations. Broad SMB share hunting from PowerShell is a strong network discovery indicator in interactive intrusions.

Reporting behind it

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Suspicious APT42 SMB Share Discovery via Invoke-HuntSMBShares (via ps_script)

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