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Usercentric.Exe on MS Teams

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Hi,

 

There are recent articles on MS Teams security incident. Attackers attach usercentric.exe files to Teams chats to install a Trojan on the end-user's computer. This Trojan is then used to install malware that self-administers the computer.

 

Does Cortex XDR detect this?

  • If yes, how? If not, what are the other mitigations we can do?

Are there particular hashes to be blocked?

 

Link: https://www.avanan.com/blog/hackers-attach-malicious-.exe-files-to-teams-conversations

Paul Paglinawan
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L5 Sessionator

Hi @PGP1234 The attack vector can be Teams, emails, or any other communication tool that is being used by a malicious actor to compromise an end-user. That is the first-stage dropper that is then used to gain persistence and/or perform malicious activities on the endpoint etc. 

 

How Cortex XDR detects this: behaviorial analysis. XDR will monitor all running processes and look at the actions being performed (registry entries, network activities, disk activities etc.) Take a look at this document, which explains the capabilities of Cortex XDR in detail: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex/cortex-xdr/cortex-xdr-pro-admin/endpoint-security/endpoint-...

 

The payload can evolve over time, as can the second- or third-stage payloads. Blocking via hash is a tactical fix, and not to be confused with a strategic fix. The fix can be on multiple levels: firewalls, endpoints, permissions review, user awareness etc.

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