Information about the "AMSI scan" event

The window showing information about an AMSI scan event contains the following details:

• Tree of events.
• Recommendations for processing an event.
• In the AMSI scan section:
  • IOA tags—Information about the results of file analysis using the Targeted Attack Analyzer technology: name of the TAA (IOA) rule that was used to create the alert.

    Click the link to display information about the TAA (IOA) rule. If the rule was provided by Kaspersky experts, it contains information about the triggered MITRE technique as well as recommendations for reacting to the event.

    The MITRE ATT&CK (Adversarial Tactics, Techniques & Common Knowledge) database contains descriptions of hacker behavior based on the analysis of real attacks. It is a structured list of known hacker techniques represented as a table.

    The field is displayed if a TAA (IOA) rule was triggered when the event was created.

  • Event time—Date and time of the event.
  • Content type—Type of script.

    The application provides two types of scripts:

    • If the script is presented as text, the Content type field shows the Text script type.
    • If the script is presented in another format, the Content type field displays the Binary script type.
  • Content—Contents of the script sent to be scanned.

    You can copy this data by clicking Copy to clipboard if the data is presented as text or download a file containing the data by clicking Save to file if the data has a different format.

    The Content field is displayed in the event information if the application registers signs of targeted attacks.

• In the Event initiator section:
  • File—Path to the parent process file.

    Clicking the link with the file name or file path opens a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

    • Find events.
    • Find alerts.
    • Copy value to clipboard.

    Run the following tasks:

    • Kill process.
    • Kill by unique PID.
    • Delete file.
    • Get file.
    • Get forensics.
    • Quarantine file.
  • MD5—MD5 hash of the parent process file.

    Clicking the MD5 link opens a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

    • Find events.
    • Find alerts.
    • Find on TIP.

      Kaspersky information system Contains and displays reputation information for files and URL addresses.

    • Find in Storage.
    • Create prevention rule.
    • Copy value to clipboard.
  • SHA256—SHA256 hash of the parent process file.

    Clicking the SHA256 link opens a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

    • Find events.
    • Find alerts.
    • Find on TIP.
    • Find in Storage.
    • Create prevention rule.
    • Copy value to clipboard.
• In the System info section:
  • Host name—Name of the host on which the alert was generated.

    Clicking the link with the host name opens a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

    • Find events.
    • Find alerts.
    • Copy value to clipboard.

    Run the following tasks:

    • Get data → File, Forensics, Disk image, Memory dump.
    • Kill process.
    • Delete file.
    • Quarantine file.
    • Run application.
  • Host IP—IP address of the host on which the alert was created.

    If you are using dynamic IP addresses, the field displays the IP address assigned to the host at the moment when the event was created.

    The application does not support IPv6. If you are using IPv6, the IP address of the host is not displayed.

  • User name—User account that was used to make the change in the registry.
  • OS name—Version of the operating system that is being used on the host.