Potentially Suspicious GoogleUpdate Child Process

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects potentially suspicious child processes of "GoogleUpdate.exe"

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\GoogleUpdate.exe" AND ((PROCESSNAME notcontains "\Google" AND PROCESSNAME notendswith "\setup.exe,chrome_updater.exe,chrome_installer.exe") AND isExist(PROCESSNAME)) 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)