HackTool - PCHunter Execution

Title: HackTool - PCHunter Execution
Status: test
Description:Detects suspicious use of PCHunter, a tool like Process Hacker to view and manipulate processes, kernel options and other low level stuff
References:
  -https://web.archive.org/web/20231210115125/http://www.xuetr.com/
  -https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/falcon-overwatch-report-finds-increase-in-ecrime/
  -https://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2018/04/20/kernel-hacking-tool-you-might-have-never-heard-of-xuetr-pchunter/
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali
Date: 2022-10-10
modified:2024-11-23
Tags:

• -'attack.execution'
• -'attack.discovery'
• -'attack.t1082'
• -'attack.t1057'
• -'attack.t1012'
• -'attack.t1083'
• -'attack.t1007'

Logsource:

• category: process_creation
• product: windows

Detection:
  selection_image:
    Image|endswith:
      -'\PCHunter64.exe'
      -'\PCHunter32.exe'

  selection_pe:
OriginalFileName:'PCHunter.exe' Description:'Epoolsoft Windows Information View Tools'   selection_hashes:
    Hashes|contains:
      -'SHA1=5F1CBC3D99558307BC1250D084FA968521482025'
      -'MD5=987B65CD9B9F4E9A1AFD8F8B48CF64A7'
      -'SHA256=2B214BDDAAB130C274DE6204AF6DBA5AEEC7433DA99AA950022FA306421A6D32'
      -'IMPHASH=444D210CEA1FF8112F256A4997EED7FF'
      -'SHA1=3FB89787CB97D902780DA080545584D97FB1C2EB'
      -'MD5=228DD0C2E6287547E26FFBD973A40F14'
      -'SHA256=55F041BF4E78E9BFA6D4EE68BE40E496CE3A1353E1CA4306598589E19802522C'
      -'IMPHASH=0479F44DF47CFA2EF1CCC4416A538663'

  condition:1 of selection_*
Falsepositives:
  -Unlikely
Level: high