Wab/Wabmig Unusual Parent Or Child Processes

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects unusual parent or children of the wab.exe (Windows Contacts) and Wabmig.exe (Microsoft Address Book Import Tool) processes as seen being used with bumblebee activity

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\WmiPrvSE.exe,\svchost.exe,\dllhost.exe" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\wab.exe,\wabmig.exe") OR PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\wab.exe,\wabmig.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

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)