UEFI Persistence Via Wpbbin - FileCreation

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects creation of a file named "wpbbin" in the "%systemroot%\\system32\\" directory. Which could be indicative of UEFI based persistence method

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "File Created or Modified" AND FILENAME = "C:\Windows\System32\wpbbin.exe" OR OBJECTNAME = "C:\Windows\System32\wpbbin.exe" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.FILENAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)