Uninstall Sysinternals Sysmon

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the removal of Sysmon, which could be a potential attempt at defense evasion

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\Sysmon64.exe,\Sysmon.exe" OR MESSAGE = "System activity monitor") AND COMMANDLINE contains "-u,/u,–u,—u,―u" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

frack113