Suspicious Rename of Text File to Script via Move Command

ATT&CK techniques

Execution

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Resource Dev
Initial Access
Execution
- T1059.005Visual Basic
Persistence
Priv Esc
Defense Evasion
Cred Access
Discovery
Lateral Movement
Collection
C2
Exfiltration
Impact

What it detects

This rule detects a command shell renaming a .txt file into a .vbs script using the move command, a defense-evasion trick observed in a WizardSpider-themed chain where adb.txt was converted into adb.vbs prior to execution with cscript. It captures the staging step that disguises a script payload as a benign text file. Detecting this matters because legitimate workflows rarely rename plain text files into executable script extensions from the command line.

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Suspicious Rename of Text File to Script via Move Command

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