Suspicious Use of PsLogList
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects usage of the PsLogList utility to dump event log in order to extract admin accounts and perform account discovery or delete events logs
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (ORIGINALFILENAME = "psloglist.exe" OR PROCESSNAME endswith "\psloglist.exe,\psloglist64.exe") AND COMMANDLINE contains " security, application, system" AND (COMMANDLINE contains " -d, /d, –d, —d, ―d" OR COMMANDLINE contains " -x, /x, –x, —x, ―x" OR COMMANDLINE contains " -s, /s, –s, —s, ―s" OR COMMANDLINE contains " -c, /c, –c, —c, ―c" OR COMMANDLINE contains " -g, /g, –g, —g, ―g") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
