Detection rules › Sigma
Potential CobaltStrike Service Installations - Registry
Detects known malicious service installs that appear in cases in which a Cobalt Strike beacon elevates privileges or lateral movement.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Execution | T1569.002 System Services: Service Execution |
| Persistence | T1543.003 Create or Modify System Process: Windows Service |
| Privilege Escalation | T1543.003 Create or Modify System Process: Windows Service |
| Lateral Movement | T1021.002 Remote Services: SMB/Windows Admin Shares |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 13 | RegistryEvent (Value Set) |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: all of selection_key
or:
TargetObject|contains: '\Services'
TargetObject|contains: '\System\ControlSet'
TargetObject|contains: '\System\CurrentControlSet\Services'
Stage 2: all of selection_details
or:
Details|contains: '%COMSPEC%'
Details|contains: powershell
Details|contains: start
Details|contains: .exe
Details|contains: 'ADMIN$'
Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
Details | match |
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TargetObject | match |
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