Adversaries may use Enfal code tricks to obfuscate malicious activities, making detection through traditional methods challenging. SOC teams should proactively hunt for this behavior in Azure Sentinel to identify and mitigate potential stealthy attacks that evade standard monitoring and logging mechanisms.
YARA Rule
rule EnfalCode : Enfal Family
{
meta:
description = "Enfal code tricks"
author = "Seth Hardy"
last_modified = "2014-06-19"
strings:
// mov al, 20h; sub al, bl; add [ebx+esi], al; push esi; inc ebx; call edi; cmp ebx, eax
$decrypt = { B0 20 2A C3 00 04 33 56 43 FF D7 3B D8 }
condition:
any of them
}
This YARA rule can be deployed in the following contexts:
This rule contains 1 string patterns in its detection logic.
Scenario: Scheduled backup job using enfal tool
Description: A legitimate scheduled backup process uses the enfal tool to archive data.
Filter/Exclusion: process.parent_process_name:"backup_scheduler" or process.command_line:"/opt/backup/scripts/backup.sh"
Scenario: System update using enfal for configuration management
Description: An admin uses enfal to apply configuration changes during a system update.
Filter/Exclusion: process.parent_process_name:"update_manager" or process.command_line:"/usr/bin/update_config.sh"
Scenario: Log analysis using enfal for log parsing
Description: A log analysis tool named enfal is used to parse and filter system logs.
Filter/Exclusion: process.parent_process_name:"log_analyzer" or process.command_line:"/opt/logtools/enfal_parser.sh"
Scenario: Admin task to clean up temporary files using enfal
Description: An admin runs a script named enfal to clean up temporary files and cache.
Filter/Exclusion: process.parent_process_name:"root" or process.command_line:"/root/cleanup_temp.sh"
Scenario: Testing enfal in a development environment
Description: A developer is testing the enfal tool in a sandboxed environment.
Filter/Exclusion: process.parent_process_name:"test_runner" or process.command_line:"/dev/test/enfal_test.sh"