SNAKE Malware Service Persistence
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects the creation of a service named "WerFaultSvc" which seems to be used by the SNAKE malware as a persistence mechanism as described by CISA in their report
Severity
Critical
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Service Operation" AND SOURCE = "Service Control Manager" AND SERVICENAME contains "WerFaultSvc" AND OBJECTNAME startswith "C:\Windows\WinSxS" AND OBJECTNAME endswith "\WerFault.exe" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.ERRORCODE,Action1.SERVICENAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
