Excessive Attempt To Disable Services

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects repeated and excessive attempts to disable services on a system within a defined time frame

Severity

Critical

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND ((COMMANDLINE contains "config" OR COMMANDLINE contains "Disabled") AND PROCESSNAME endswith "sc.exe") | timewindow 20m having COUNT > 5 select Action1.timewindow.HOSTNAME,Action1.timewindow.MESSAGE,Action1.timewindow.COMMANDLINE,Action1.timewindow.FILE_NAME,Action1.timewindow.PROCESSNAME,Action1.timewindow.USERNAME,Action1.timewindow.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows