Suspicious Workstation Locking via Rundll32

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects a suspicious call to the user32.dll function that locks the user workstation

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\rundll32.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "RUNDLL32.EXE") AND PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\cmd.exe" AND COMMANDLINE contains "user32.dll," AND COMMANDLINE contains "LockWorkStation" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

frack113