Technique:  System Services:Service Execution
Anchor can create and execute services to load its payload.
It's backdoor has used Windows services as a way to execute its malicious payload.
It has created new services or modified existing ones to run executables, commands, or scripts.
It has used post-exploitation tools including RemCom and the Non-sucking Service Manager (NSSM) to execute processes.
It used  svchost.exe and Net to execute a system service installed to launch a Cobalt Strike BEACON loader.
Attor's dispatcher can be executed as a service.
Bad Rabbit drops a file named infpub.datinto the Windows directory and is executed through SCManager and rundll.exe.
BBSRAT can start, stop, or delete services.
It has executed custom-compiled XMRIG miner DLLs by configuring them to execute via the "wercplsupport" service.
Brute Ratel C4 can create Windows system services for execution.
It has used PsExec to deploy beacons on compromised systems.
Clambling can create and start services on a compromised host.
Cobalt Strike can use PsExec to execute a payload on a remote host. It can also use Service Control Manager to start new services.
Empire can use PsExec to execute a payload on a remote host.
It has created Windows services to execute encoded PowerShell commands.
gh0st RAT can execute its service if the Service key exists. If the key does not exist, gh0st RAT will create and run the service.
HermeticWiper can create system services to aid in executing the payload.
HermeticWizard can use OpenRemoteServiceManager to create a service.
HOPLIGHT has used svchost.exe to execute a malicious DLL .
Hydraq uses svchost.exe to execute a malicious DLL included in a new service group.
HyperBro has the ability to start and stop a specified service.
Impacket contains various modules emulating other service execution tools such as PsExec.
InvisiMole has used Windows services as a way to execute its malicious payload.
It has used a tool known as RemoteExec (similar to PsExec) to remotely execute batch scripts and binaries.
Koadic can run a command on another machine using PsExec.
LoudMiner started the cryptomining virtual machine as a service on the infected machine.
Mafalda can create a remote service, let it run once, and then delete it.
The net start and net stop commands can be used in Net to execute or stop Windows services.
Net Crawler uses PsExec to perform remote service manipulation to execute a copy of itself as part of lateral movement.
Operators deploying Netwalker have used psexec and certutil to retrieve the Netwalker payload.
NotPetya can use PsExec to help propagate itself across a network.
Okrum's loader can create a new service named NtmsSvc to execute the payload.
Olympic Destroyer utilizes PsExec to help propagate itself across a network.
During Operation Honeybee, threat actors ran sc start to start the COMSysApp as part of the service hijacking and sc stop to stop and reconfigure the COMSysApp.
During Operation Wocao, threat actors created services on remote systems for execution purposes.
Pandora has the ability to install itself as a Windows service.
PoshC2 contains an implementation of PsExec for remote execution.
Proxysvc registers itself as a service on the victim’s machine to run as a standalone process.
Microsoft Sysinternals PsExec is a popular administration tool that can be used to execute binaries on remote systems using a temporary Windows service.
Pupy uses PsExec to execute a payload or commands on a remote host.
Pysa has used PsExec to copy and execute the ransomware.
Ragnar Locker has used sc.exe to execute a service that it creates.
RemoteCMD can execute commands remotely by creating a new service on the remote system.
Shamoon creates a new service named "ntssrv" to execute the payload. Shamoon can also spread via PsExec.
It has used Winexe to install a service on the remote system.
SLOTHFULMEDIA has the capability to start services.
StrongPity can install a service to execute itself as a service.
SysUpdate can manage services and processes.
TinyIt can install itself as a service on compromised machines.
WastedLocker can execute itself as a service.
WhisperGate can download and execute AdvancedRun.exe via sc.exe.
Winexe installs a service on the remote system, executes the command, then uninstalls the service.
Wingbird uses services.exe to register a new autostart service named "Audit Service" using a copy of the local lsass.exe file.
Winnti for Windows can run as a service using svchost.exe.
It has used services.exe to execute scripts and executables during lateral movement within a victim's network. It has also used batch scripts that leverage PsExec to execute a previously transferred ransomware payload on a victim's network.
xCmd can be used to execute binaries on remote systems by creating and starting a service.
ZxShell can create a new service for execution.