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When files are transferred, the Windows Application event log not only records this as an event, but also registers the file that is being exchanged. Files can be both send as well as being retrieved from an endpoint as shown in Figure 5.įigure 5 - ConnectWise Control file transfer functionality. ScreenConnect offers different ways of interacting with the endpoint on which the ScreenConnect agent is installed. A session disconnect is recorded as well and an example is shown in Figure 4.įigure 3 - Cloud Account Administrator Connected event.įigure 4 - Cloud Account Administrator Disconnected event. An example of such a recorded event is shown in Figure 3. Once a user decides to ' Join' an endpoint (as shown in Figure 1) and to interact with it, a new event is being logged in the Windows Application event log. An example of such an event is shown in Figure 2.įigure 2 - ScreenConnect being installed as a service Windows event.Ģ.3 ScreenConnect start and ending of a session More specifically, these events can be found in the 'System' event log and get the Event ID 7045. Services that are being installed show up in the Windows event logs and can therefore be detected. When ScreenConnect is being installed, it installs itself as a service. 2.2 ScreenConnect installation of service Table 2- Windows Event log event information and variables. Transferred files with action 'Transfer': In Table 2 an overview is given of the different events that are being logged in the Windows event logs, what is being logged, in which log file the event can be found and what the corresponding EventID Is. More specifically in the Application.evtx and System.evtx log files, which can generally be found at the following location: During a recent incident response case, the File Transfer functionality was among others used to upload MimiKatz to a compromised system, as well as to upload other tools like Advanced IP Scanner and the actual ransomware.įigure 1- Machine with status connected in ConnectWise Control.Īll events related to ScreenConnect can be found in the Windows event logs and are logged with the provider name ' ScreenConnect Client ()'. Via the web interface, ConnectWise Control (among others) offers functionality to remotely:Īdditionally, ConnectWise Control allows an operator to take control of a machine's desktop session. It should not come as a surprise that ScreenConnect can thus also be used for malicious purposes.
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2.1 ScreenConnect funtionalityĬonnectWise Control (formerly known as ScreenConnect) is advertised as a solution that "gives your techs full remote access to remotely control, troubleshoot, and update client devices". Furthermore, some rules are provided in order to detect the usage of ScreenConnect on a system, or in an infrastructure. This chapter describes the different traces left by ScreenConnect when it is actively used.
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In this blog post, we will look into the traces left behind by the usage of ScreenConnect remote administration software and how these traces can help defenders with building custom detection. Other examples of threat actors that have been using ScreenConnect in the past are the Iranian actor named Static Kitten and another targeted ransomware group called Zeppelin.
This is a rather efficient and effective technique used by more threat actors, next to other types of legitimate Remote Administration Tools like TeamViewer and AnyDesk. This gave the adversary the possibility to connect directly to those systems, without the need of using the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), or the need to authenticate (this is required of course for installation of ScreenConnect). During the incident, the adversary installed a ScreenConnect service on several systems, functioning as a backdoor.
Recently, Hunt & Hackett did an incident response engagement involving Sodinokibi (also known as REvil) ransomware.
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