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Moriya Rootkit - System

Severity
critical
Author
Bhabesh Raj
Source
upstream

Detects the use of Moriya rootkit as described in the securelist's Operation TunnelSnake report

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
PersistenceT1543.003 Create or Modify System Process: Windows Service
Privilege EscalationT1543.003 Create or Modify System Process: Windows Service

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Service-Control-Manager7045

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
ServiceName: ZzNetSvc

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
Provider_Nameeq
  • Service Control Manager corpus 43 (sigma 43)
ServiceNameeq
  • ZzNetSvc

Neighbors

Broader alternatives (more inclusive than this rule)

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