Detection rules › Sigma

Renamed BrowserCore.EXE Execution

Severity
high
Author
Max Altgelt (Nextron Systems)
Source
upstream

Detects process creation with a renamed BrowserCore.exe (used to extract Azure tokens)

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Defense EvasionT1036.003 Masquerading: Rename Legitimate Utilities
Credential AccessT1528 Steal Application Access Token

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon1Process creation

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

OriginalFileName: BrowserCore.exe

Stage 2: not 1 of filter_realbrowsercore

Image|endswith: '\BrowserCore.exe'

Indicators

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FieldKindValues
Imageends_with
  • \BrowserCore.exe
OriginalFileNameeq
  • BrowserCore.exe