Renamed AutoHotkey.EXE Execution

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects execution of a renamed autohotkey.exe binary based on PE metadata fields

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PRODUCT_NAME contains "AutoHotkey" OR MESSAGE contains "AutoHotkey" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "AutoHotkey.exe,AutoHotkey.rc") AND (PROCESSNAME notendswith "\AutoHotkey.exe,\AutoHotkey32.exe,\AutoHotkey32_UIA.exe,\AutoHotkey64.exe,\AutoHotkey64_UIA.exe,\AutoHotkeyA32.exe,\AutoHotkeyA32_UIA.exe,\AutoHotkeyU32.exe,\AutoHotkeyU32_UIA.exe,\AutoHotkeyU64.exe,\AutoHotkeyU64_UIA.exe" AND PROCESSNAME notcontains "\AutoHotkey") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali