File Creation Date Changed to Another Year

 Original Source: [Sigma source]
Title: File Creation Date Changed to Another Year
Status: test
Description:Attackers may change the file creation time of a backdoor to make it look like it was installed with the operating system. Note that many processes legitimately change the creation time of a file; it does not necessarily indicate malicious activity.
References:
  -https://www.inversecos.com/2022/04/defence-evasion-technique-timestomping.html
Author: frack113, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date: 2022-08-12
modified:2022-10-25
Tags:
  • -'attack.t1070.006'
  • -'attack.defense-evasion'
Logsource:
  • category: file_change
  • product: windows
Detection:
  selection1:
    PreviousCreationUtcTime|startswith: '2022'
  filter1:
    CreationUtcTime|startswith: '2022'
  selection2:
    PreviousCreationUtcTime|startswith: '202'
  filter2:
    CreationUtcTime|startswith: '202'
  gen_filter_updates:
    - Image:
      - 'C:\Windows\system32\ProvTool.exe'
      - 'C:\Windows\System32\usocoreworker.exe'
      - 'C:\Windows\ImmersiveControlPanel\SystemSettings.exe'
TargetFilename|startswith:'C:\ProgramData\USOPrivate\UpdateStore\'     - TargetFilename|endswith:
      - '.tmp'
      - '.temp'
  gen_filter_tiworker:
    Image|startswith: 'C:\WINDOWS\'
    Image|endswith: '\TiWorker.exe'
    TargetFilename|endswith: '.cab'
  condition:(( selection1 and not filter1 ) or ( selection2 and not filter2 )) and not 1 of gen_filter*
Falsepositives:
  -Changes made to or by the local NTP service
Level: high