Tap Driver Installation

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

Well-known TAP software installation. Possible preparation for data exfiltration using tunnelling techniques

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Exfiltration	`T1048` Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol

Event coverage

Provider	Event ID	Title
Service-Control-Manager	7045

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: `selection`

ImagePath|contains: tap0901
Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'

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
`ImagePath`	match	`tap0901`
`Provider_Name`	eq	`Service Control Manager` corpus 43 (sigma 43)

Neighbors

Broader alternatives (more inclusive than this rule)

These rules match a superset of what this rule catches. They cover the same events plus more. Use them if you want wider coverage and can absorb more false positives.

Invoke-Obfuscation Obfuscated IEX Invocation - System [sigma] (drops 2 filters this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)
CobaltStrike Service Installations - System [sigma] (drops 1 filter this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)
smbexec.py Service Installation [sigma] (drops 1 filter this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)
Meterpreter or Cobalt Strike Getsystem Service Installation - System [sigma] (drops 1 filter this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)
Anydesk Remote Access Software Service Installation [sigma] (drops 1 filter this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)
CSExec Service Installation [sigma] (drops 1 filter this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)
Mesh Agent Service Installation [sigma] (drops 1 filter this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)
NetSupport Manager Service Install [sigma] (drops 1 filter this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)
PAExec Service Installation [sigma] (drops 1 filter this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)
New PDQDeploy Service - Server Side [sigma] (drops 1 filter this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)
New PDQDeploy Service - Client Side [sigma] (drops 1 filter this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)
RemCom Service Installation [sigma] (drops 1 filter this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)
Remote Utilities Host Service Install [sigma] (drops 1 filter this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)
Sliver C2 Default Service Installation [sigma] (drops 1 filter this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)
PsExec Service Installation [sigma] (drops 1 filter this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)
TacticalRMM Service Installation [sigma] (drops 1 filter this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)
Uncommon Service Installation Image Path [sigma] (drops 1 filter this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)
Service Installation with Suspicious Folder Pattern [sigma] (drops 1 filter this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)
Suspicious Service Installation Script [sigma] (drops 1 filter this rule applies) (first-stage match only; downstream stages may differ)