Detect Virtualbox Driver Installation OR Starting Of VMs
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Adversaries can carry out malicious operations using a virtual instance to avoid detection. This rule is built to detect the registration of the Virtualbox driver or start of a Virtualbox VM.
Severity
Attention
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1:
actionname = "Process started" AND COMMANDLINE contains "VBoxRT.dll,RTR3Init,VBoxC.dll,VBoxDrv.sys" OR COMMANDLINE contains "startvm,controlvm"
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
Janantha Marasinghe
