Remote Access Tool - TacticalRMM Agent Registration to Potentially Attacker-Controlled Server

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects TacticalRMM agent installations where the --api, --auth, and related flags are used on the command line.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND ( PROCESSNAME endswith "\tacticalrmm.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "tacticalrmm.exe" ) AND ( COMMANDLINE contains "--api" AND COMMANDLINE contains "--auth" AND COMMANDLINE contains "--client-id" AND COMMANDLINE contains "--site-id" AND COMMANDLINE contains "--agent-type" ) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.ORIGINALFILENAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSID,Action1.PROCESSID,Action1.PRODUCT_NAME,Action1.SECURITYID

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

@Ahmed Nosir (@egycondor)