Suspicious Child Process Of BgInfo.EXE
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects suspicious child processes of "BgInfo.exe" which could be a sign of potential abuse of the binary to proxy execution via external VBScript
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\bginfo.exe,\bginfo64.exe" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\calc.exe,\cmd.exe,\cscript.exe,\mshta.exe,\notepad.exe,\powershell.exe,\pwsh.exe,\wscript.exe" OR PROCESSNAME contains "\AppData\Local\,\AppData\Roaming\,:\Users\Public\,:\Temp\,:\Windows\Temp\,:\PerfLogs") 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)
