Potential BOINC Software Execution (UC-Berkeley Signature)

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the use of software that is related to the University of California, Berkeley via metadata information. This indicates it may be related to BOINC software and can be used maliciously if unauthorized.

Severity

Attention

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND MESSAGE contains "University of California, Berkeley" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Matt Anderson (Huntress)