Suspicious Process Masquerading As SvcHost.EXE
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects a suspicious process that is masquerading as the legitimate "svchost.exe" by naming its binary "svchost.exe" and executing from an uncommon location. Adversaries often disguise their malicious binaries by naming them after legitimate system processes like "svchost.exe" to evade detection.
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\svchost.exe" AND (PROCESSNAME != "C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe,C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe" AND ORIGINALFILENAME != "svchost.exe") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel
