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Tap Driver Installation - Security

Severity
low
Author
Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Ian Davis, oscd.community
Source
upstream

Detects the installation of a well-known TAP driver service. This could be a sign of potential preparation for data exfiltration using tunnelling techniques.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
ExfiltrationT1048 Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Security-Auditing4697A service was installed in the system.

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

ServiceFileName|contains: tap0901

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.

FieldKindValues
ServiceFileNamematch
  • tap0901

Neighbors

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