Injected Browser Process Spawning Rundll32 - GuLoader Activity

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the execution of installed GuLoader malware on the host. GuLoader is initiating network connections via the rundll32.exe process that is spawned via a browser parent(injected) process.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\chrome.exe,\firefox.exe,\msedge.exe" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\rundll32.exe" AND COMMANDLINE endswith "\rundll32.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

@kostastsale