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Sigma rule: Detects a network connection that is initiated by the "notepad.exe" process. This might be a sign of process injection f. Logsource: windows / network_connection. Rule: title: Network Connection Initiated Via Notepad.EXE id: e81528db-fc02-45e8-8e98-4e84aba1f10b status: test description: 'Detects a network connection that is initiated by the "notepad.exe" process. This might be a sign of process injection from a beacon process or something similar. Notepad rarely initiates a network communication except when printing documents for example. ' references: - https://web.archive.org/web/20200219102749/https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-summit/archives/file/summit-archive-1492186586.pdf - https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/why-is-notepad-exe-connecting-to-the-internet author: EagleEye Team date: 2020-05-14 modified: 2024-02-02 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.command-and-control - attack.execution - attack.stealth - attack.t1055 logsource: category: network_connection product: windows detection: selection: Image|endswith: \notepad.exe filter_optional_printing: DestinationPort: 9100 condition: selection and not 1 of filter_optional_* falsepositives: - Printing documents via notepad might cause communication with the printer via port 9100 or similar. level: high
Sigma rule: Detects modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry. Adversaries may modify these keys to execute m. Logsource: windows / registry_set. Rule: title: Office Autorun Keys Modification id: baecf8fb-edbf-429f-9ade-31fc3f22b970 related: - id: 17f878b8-9968-4578-b814-c4217fc5768c type: obsolete status: test description: 'Detects modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry. Adversaries may modify these keys to execute malicious code when Office files are opened. There are various legitimate add-ins that also use these keys and this filter list might not be exhaustive. Thus, it is recommended to review and tune filters for your environment to reduce false positives before deploying to production. ' references: - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1547.001/T1547.001.md - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns - https://gist.github.com/GlebSukhodolskiy/0fc5fa5f482903064b448890db1eaf9d author: Victor Sergeev, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community, Tim Shelton, frack113 (split) date: 2019-10-25 modified: 2026-01-09 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.persistence - attack.t1547.001 logsource: category: registry_set product: windows detection: selection_office_root: TargetObject|contains: - \Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office - \Software\Microsoft\Office selection_office_details: TargetObject|contains: - \Word\Addins - \PowerPoint\Addins - \Outlook\Addins - \Onenote\Addins - \Excel\Addins - \Access\Addins - test\Special\Perf filter_main_empty: Details: (Empty) filter_main_null: Details: null filter_main_known_addins: Image|startswith: - C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\ - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\ - C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\Office - C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe - C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe - 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe ' TargetObject|contains: - \Excel\Addins\AdHocReportingExcelClientLib.AdHocReportingExcelClientAddIn.1\ - \Excel\Addins\ExcelPlugInShell.PowerMapConnect\ - \Excel\Addins\NativeShim\ - \Excel\Addins\NativeShim.InquireConnector.1\ - \Excel\Addins\PowerPivotExcelClientAddIn.NativeEntry.1\ - \Outlook\AddIns\AccessAddin.DC\ - \Outlook\AddIns\ColleagueImport.ColleagueImportAddin\ - \Outlook\AddIns\EvernoteCC.EvernoteContactConnector\ - \Outlook\AddIns\EvernoteOLRD.Connect\ - \Outlook\Addins\\OneNote.OutlookAddin - \Outlook\Addins\DriveFSExtensionLib.Connect\ - \Outlook\Addins\GoogleAppsSync.Connect\ - \Outlook\Addins\Microsoft.VbaAddinForOutlook.1\ - \Outlook\Addins\OcOffice.OcFo
Sigma rule: Detects the execution of the nscurl utility in order to download files.. Logsource: macos / process_creation. Rule: title: File Download Via Nscurl - MacOS id: 6d8a7cf1-8085-423b-b87d-7e880faabbdf status: test description: Detects the execution of the nscurl utility in order to download files. references: - https://www.loobins.io/binaries/nscurl/ - https://www.agnosticdev.com/content/how-diagnose-app-transport-security-issues-using-nscurl-and-openssl - https://gist.github.com/nasbench/ca6ef95db04ae04ffd1e0b1ce709cadd author: Daniel Cortez date: 2024-06-04 tags: - attack.command-and-control - attack.t1105 logsource: category: process_creation product: macos detection: selection: Image|endswith: /nscurl CommandLine|contains: - '--download ' - '--download-directory ' - '--output ' - '-dir ' - '-dl ' - -ld - '-o ' condition: selection falsepositives: - Legitimate usage of nscurl by administrators and users. level: medium
Sigma rule: Detects execution of "odbcconf" with the "INSTALLDRIVER" action where the driver doesn't contain a ".dll" extension. Thi. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Suspicious Driver/DLL Installation Via Odbcconf.EXE id: cb0fe7c5-f3a3-484d-aa25-d350a7912729 related: - id: 3f5491e2-8db8-496b-9e95-1029fce852d4 type: derived status: test description: Detects execution of "odbcconf" with the "INSTALLDRIVER" action where the driver doesn't contain a ".dll" extension. This is often used as a defense evasion method. references: - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Odbcconf/ - https://web.archive.org/web/20191023232753/https://twitter.com/Hexacorn/status/1187143326673330176 - https://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2020/08/23/odbcconf-lolbin-trifecta/ author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2023-05-23 tags: - attack.stealth - attack.t1218.008 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_img: - Image|endswith: \odbcconf.exe - OriginalFileName: odbcconf.exe selection_cli: CommandLine|contains: 'INSTALLDRIVER ' filter_main_dll_ext: CommandLine|contains: .dll condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter_main_* falsepositives: - Unlikely level: high
Sigma rule: Detects the occurrence of numerous space characters in TypedPaths registry paths, which may indicate execution via phish. Logsource: windows / registry_set. Rule: title: Suspicious Space Characters in TypedPaths Registry Path - FileFix id: 8f2a5c3d-9e4b-4a7c-8d1f-2e5a6b9c3d7e related: - id: 3ae9974a-eb09-4044-8e70-8980a50c12c8 type: similar status: experimental description: 'Detects the occurrence of numerous space characters in TypedPaths registry paths, which may indicate execution via phishing lures using file-fix techniques to hide malicious commands. ' references: - https://expel.com/blog/cache-smuggling-when-a-picture-isnt-a-thousand-words/ - https://mrd0x.com/filefix-clickfix-alternative/ author: Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) date: 2025-11-04 tags: - attack.execution - attack.stealth - attack.t1204.004 - attack.t1027.010 logsource: category: registry_set product: windows detection: selection_key: TargetObject|endswith: \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TypedPaths\url1 Details|contains: '#' selection_space_variation: Details|contains: - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' ' condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Unlikely level: high
Sigma rule: Detects when an attacker registers a new IFilter for an extension. Microsoft Windows Search uses filters to extract the. Logsource: windows / registry_set. Rule: title: Register New IFiltre For Persistence id: b23818c7-e575-4d13-8012-332075ec0a2b status: test description: 'Detects when an attacker registers a new IFilter for an extension. Microsoft Windows Search uses filters to extract the content of items for inclusion in a full-text index. You can extend Windows Search to index new or proprietary file types by writing filters to extract the content, and property handlers to extract the properties of files. ' references: - https://persistence-info.github.io/Data/ifilters.html - https://twitter.com/0gtweet/status/1468548924600459267 - https://github.com/gtworek/PSBits/tree/master/IFilter - https://github.com/gtworek/PSBits/blob/8d767892f3b17eefa4d0668f5d2df78e844f01d8/IFilter/Dll.cpp#L281-L308 author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2022-07-21 modified: 2024-03-26 tags: - attack.persistence logsource: category: registry_set product: windows detection: selection_ext: TargetObject|contains|all: - \SOFTWARE\Classes\. - \PersistentHandler selection_clsid: TargetObject|contains|all: - \SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID - \PersistentAddinsRegistered\{89BCB740-6119-101A-BCB7-00DD010655AF} filter_default_targets: TargetObject|contains: - \CLSID\{4F46F75F-199F-4C63-8B7D-86D48FE7970C}\ - \CLSID\{4887767F-7ADC-4983-B576-88FB643D6F79}\ - \CLSID\{D3B41FA1-01E3-49AF-AA25-1D0D824275AE}\ - \CLSID\{72773E1A-B711-4d8d-81FA-B9A43B0650DD}\ - \CLSID\{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}\ - \CLSID\{1AA9BF05-9A97-48c1-BA28-D9DCE795E93C}\ - \CLSID\{2e2294a9-50d7-4fe7-a09f-e6492e185884}\ - \CLSID\{34CEAC8D-CBC0-4f77-B7B1-8A60CB6DA0F7}\ - \CLSID\{3B224B11-9363-407e-850F-C9E1FFACD8FB}\ - \CLSID\{3DDEB7A4-8ABF-4D82-B9EE-E1F4552E95BE}\ - \CLSID\{5645C8C1-E277-11CF-8FDA-00AA00A14F93}\ - \CLSID\{5645C8C4-E277-11CF-8FDA-00AA00A14F93}\ - \CLSID\{58A9EBF6-5755-4554-A67E-A2467AD1447B}\ - \CLSID\{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}\ - \CLSID\{698A4FFC-63A3-4E70-8F00-376AD29363FB}\ - \CLSID\{7E9D8D44-6926-426F-AA2B-217A819A5CCE}\ - \CLSID\{8CD34779-9F10-4f9b-ADFB-B3FAEABDAB5A}\ - \CLSID\{9694E38A-E081-46ac-99A0-8743C909ACB6}\ - \CLSID\{98de59a0-d175-11cd-a7bd-00006b827d94}\ - \CLSID\{AA10385A-F5AA-4EFF-B3DF-71B701E25E18}\ - \CLSID\{B4132098-7A03-423D-9463-163CB07C151F}\ - \CLSID\{d044309b-5da6-4633-b085-4ed02522e5a5}\ - \CLSID\{D169C14A-5148-4322-92C8-754FC9D018D8}\ - \CLSID\{DD75716E-B42E-4978-BB60-1497B92E30C4}\ - \CLSID\{E2F83EED-62DE-4A9F-9CD0-A1D40DCD13B6}\ - \CLSID\{E772CEB3-E203-4828-ADF1-765713D981B8}\ - \CLSID\{eec97550-47a9-11cf-b95
Sigma rule: Detects changing the PowerShell script execution policy to a potentially insecure level using the "Set-ExecutionPolicy". Logsource: windows / ps_script. Rule: title: Change PowerShell Policies to an Insecure Level - PowerShell id: 61d0475c-173f-4844-86f7-f3eebae1c66b related: - id: cf2e938e-9a3e-4fe8-a347-411642b28a9f type: similar - id: 87e3c4e8-a6a8-4ad9-bb4f-46e7ff99a180 type: similar - id: fad91067-08c5-4d1a-8d8c-d96a21b37814 type: similar status: test description: Detects changing the PowerShell script execution policy to a potentially insecure level using the "Set-ExecutionPolicy" cmdlet. references: - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.security/set-executionpolicy?view=powershell-7.4 - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_execution_policies?view=powershell-7.4 - https://adsecurity.org/?p=2604 author: frack113 date: 2021-10-20 modified: 2023-12-14 tags: - attack.execution - attack.t1059.001 logsource: product: windows category: ps_script definition: 'Requirements: Script Block Logging must be enabled' detection: selection_cmdlet: ScriptBlockText|contains: Set-ExecutionPolicy selection_option: ScriptBlockText|contains: - Unrestricted - bypass filter_optional_chocolatey: ScriptBlockText|contains: - (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1') - (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1') condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter_optional_* falsepositives: - Administrator script level: medium
Sigma rule: Detects the execution of certutil with the "encode" flag to encode a file to base64 where the files are located in poten. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: File In Suspicious Location Encoded To Base64 Via Certutil.EXE id: 82a6714f-4899-4f16-9c1e-9a333544d4c3 related: - id: e62a9f0c-ca1e-46b2-85d5-a6da77f86d1a type: derived status: test description: Detects the execution of certutil with the "encode" flag to encode a file to base64 where the files are located in potentially suspicious locations references: - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/35c22725a92d5cb1016b09421c0a6cdbfd860fd4778b3313669b057d4a131cb7/behavior - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/427616528b7dbc4a6057ac89eb174a3a90f7abcf3f34e5a359b7a910d82f7a72/behavior - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/34de4c8beded481a4084a1fd77855c3e977e8ac643e5c5842d0f15f7f9b9086f/behavior - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/4abe1395a09fda06d897a9c4eb247278c1b6cddda5d126ce5b3f4f499e3b8fa2/behavior author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2023-05-15 modified: 2024-03-05 tags: - attack.stealth - attack.t1027 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_img: - Image|endswith: \certutil.exe - OriginalFileName: CertUtil.exe selection_cli: CommandLine|contains|windash: -encode selection_extension: CommandLine|contains: - \AppData\Roaming\ - \Desktop\ - \Local\Temp\ - \PerfLogs\ - \Users\Public\ - \Windows\Temp\ - $Recycle.Bin condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Unknown level: high regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_certutil_encode_susp_location/info.yml
Sigma rule: Detects the use of "Ilasm.EXE" in order to compile C# intermediate (IL) code to EXE or DLL.. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: C# IL Code Compilation Via Ilasm.EXE id: 850d55f9-6eeb-4492-ad69-a72338f65ba4 status: test description: Detects the use of "Ilasm.EXE" in order to compile C# intermediate (IL) code to EXE or DLL. references: - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Ilasm/ - https://www.echotrail.io/insights/search/ilasm.exe author: frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2022-05-07 modified: 2022-05-16 tags: - attack.execution - attack.stealth - attack.t1127 logsource: product: windows category: process_creation detection: selection_img: - Image|endswith: \ilasm.exe - OriginalFileName: ilasm.exe selection_cli: CommandLine|contains: - ' /dll' - ' /exe' condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Unknown level: medium
Sigma rule: Identifies when a Azure Kubernetes network policy is modified or deleted.. Logsource: azure / activitylogs. Rule: title: Azure Kubernetes Network Policy Change id: 08d6ac24-c927-4469-b3b7-2e422d6e3c43 status: test description: Identifies when a Azure Kubernetes network policy is modified or deleted. references: - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/resource-provider-operations#microsoftkubernetes - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/03/23/secure-containerized-environments-with-updated-threat-matrix-for-kubernetes/ - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/04/02/attack-matrix-kubernetes/ - https://medium.com/mitre-engenuity/att-ck-for-containers-now-available-4c2359654bf1 author: Austin Songer @austinsonger date: 2021-08-07 modified: 2022-08-23 tags: - attack.impact - attack.credential-access - attack.t1485 - attack.t1496 - attack.t1489 logsource: product: azure service: activitylogs detection: selection: operationName: - MICROSOFT.KUBERNETES/CONNECTEDCLUSTERS/NETWORKING.K8S.IO/NETWORKPOLICIES/WRITE - MICROSOFT.KUBERNETES/CONNECTEDCLUSTERS/NETWORKING.K8S.IO/NETWORKPOLICIES/DELETE - MICROSOFT.KUBERNETES/CONNECTEDCLUSTERS/EXTENSIONS/NETWORKPOLICIES/WRITE - MICROSOFT.KUBERNETES/CONNECTEDCLUSTERS/EXTENSIONS/NETWORKPOLICIES/DELETE condition: selection falsepositives: - Network Policy being modified and deleted may be performed by a system administrator. Verify whether the user identity, user agent, and/or hostname should be making changes in your environment. - Network Policy being modified and deleted from unfamiliar users should be investigated. If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule. level: medium
Sigma rule: Detects binaries that use the same name as legitimate sysinternals tools to evade detection. This rule looks for the exe. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Potential Binary Impersonating Sysinternals Tools id: 7cce6fc8-a07f-4d84-a53e-96e1879843c9 status: test description: 'Detects binaries that use the same name as legitimate sysinternals tools to evade detection. This rule looks for the execution of binaries that are named similarly to Sysinternals tools. Adversary may rename their malicious tools as legitimate Sysinternals tools to evade detection. ' references: - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sysinternals-suite author: frack113, Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) date: 2021-12-20 modified: 2025-04-12 tags: - attack.execution - attack.stealth - attack.t1218 - attack.t1202 - attack.t1036.005 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_exe: Image|endswith: - \accesschk.exe - \accesschk64.exe - \AccessEnum.exe - \ADExplorer.exe - \ADExplorer64.exe - \ADInsight.exe - \ADInsight64.exe - \adrestore.exe - \adrestore64.exe - \Autologon.exe - \Autologon64.exe - \Autoruns.exe - \Autoruns64.exe - \autorunsc.exe - \autorunsc64.exe - \Bginfo.exe - \Bginfo64.exe - \Cacheset.exe - \Cacheset64.exe - \Clockres.exe - \Clockres64.exe - \Contig.exe - \Contig64.exe - \Coreinfo.exe - \Coreinfo64.exe - \CPUSTRES.EXE - \CPUSTRES64.EXE - \ctrl2cap.exe - \Dbgview.exe - \dbgview64.exe - \Desktops.exe - \Desktops64.exe - \disk2vhd.exe - \disk2vhd64.exe - \diskext.exe - \diskext64.exe - \Diskmon.exe - \Diskmon64.exe - \DiskView.exe - \DiskView64.exe - \du.exe - \du64.exe - \efsdump.exe - \FindLinks.exe - \FindLinks64.exe - \handle.exe - \handle64.exe - \hex2dec.exe - \hex2dec64.exe - \junction.exe - \junction64.exe - \ldmdump.exe - \listdlls.exe - \listdlls64.exe - \livekd.exe - \livekd64.exe - \loadOrd.exe - \loadOrd64.exe - \loadOrdC.exe - \loadOrdC64.exe - \logonsessions.exe - \logonsessions64.exe - \movefile.exe - \movefile64.exe - \notmyfault.exe - \notmyfault64.exe - \notmyfaultc.exe - \notmyfaultc64.exe - \ntfsinfo.exe - \ntfsinfo64.exe - \pendmoves.exe - \pendmoves64.exe - \pipelist.exe - \pipelist64.exe - \portmon.exe - \procdump.exe - \procdump64.exe - \procexp.exe - \procexp64.exe - \Procmon.exe - \Procmon64.exe - \psExec.exe - \psExec64.exe - \psfile.exe - \psfile64.exe - \psGetsid.exe - \psGetsid64.exe - \psInfo.exe - \psInfo64.exe - \pskill.exe - \pskill64.exe - \pslist.exe - \pslist64.exe - \psLoggedon.exe - \psLoggedon64.exe - \psloglist.exe - \psloglist64.exe - \pspasswd.exe - \pspasswd64.exe - \psping.exe - \psping64.exe - \psService.exe - \p
Sigma rule: Detects changes to the security groups associated with an Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) or Application Load Balancer (ALB). Logsource: aws / cloudtrail. Rule: title: LoadBalancer Security Group Modification id: 7a4409fc-f8ca-45f6-8006-127d779eaad9 status: test description: 'Detects changes to the security groups associated with an Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) or Application Load Balancer (ALB). This can indicate that a misconfiguration allowing more traffic into the system than required, or could indicate that an attacker is attempting to enable new connections into a VPC or subnet controlled by the account. ' references: - https://www.gorillastack.com/blog/real-time-events/important-aws-cloudtrail-security-events-tracking/ author: jamesc-grafana date: 2024-07-11 tags: - attack.initial-access - attack.t1190 logsource: product: aws service: cloudtrail detection: selection: eventSource: elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com eventName: - ApplySecurityGroupsToLoadBalancer - SetSecurityGroups condition: selection falsepositives: - Repurposing of an ELB or ALB to serve a different or additional application - Changes to security groups to allow for new services to be deployed level: medium
Sigma rule: Detects suspicious command line reg.exe tool adding key to RUN key in Registry. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Potential Persistence Attempt Via Run Keys Using Reg.EXE id: de587dce-915e-4218-aac4-835ca6af6f70 status: test description: Detects suspicious command line reg.exe tool adding key to RUN key in Registry references: - https://app.any.run/tasks/9c0f37bc-867a-4314-b685-e101566766d7/ - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/setupapi/run-and-runonce-registry-keys - https://github.com/HackTricks-wiki/hacktricks/blob/e4c7b21b8f36c97c35b7c622732b38a189ce18f7/src/windows-hardening/windows-local-privilege-escalation/privilege-escalation-with-autorun-binaries.md author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) date: 2021-06-28 modified: 2025-02-17 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.persistence - attack.t1547.001 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection: Image|endswith: \reg.exe CommandLine|contains|all: - reg - ' add ' CommandLine|contains: - Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run - \Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run - \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run condition: selection falsepositives: - Legitimate software automatically (mostly, during installation) sets up autorun keys for legitimate reasons. - Legitimate administrator sets up autorun keys for legitimate reasons. - Discord level: medium regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_reg_add_run_key/info.yml
Sigma rule: Detects DLL sideloading of DLLs usually located in system locations (System32, SysWOW64, etc.).. Logsource: windows / image_load. Rule: title: Potential System DLL Sideloading From Non System Locations id: 4fc0deee-0057-4998-ab31-d24e46e0aba4 status: test description: Detects DLL sideloading of DLLs usually located in system locations (System32, SysWOW64, etc.). references: - https://hijacklibs.net/ - https://blog.cyble.com/2022/07/21/qakbot-resurfaces-with-new-playbook/ - https://blog.cyble.com/2022/07/27/targeted-attacks-being-carried-out-via-dll-sideloading/ - https://github.com/XForceIR/SideLoadHunter/blob/cc7ef2e5d8908279b0c4cee4e8b6f85f7b8eed52/SideLoads/README.md - https://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2023/12/26/1-little-known-secret-of-runonce-exe-32-bit/ - https://www.sophos.com/en-us/blog/finding-minhook-in-a-sideloading-attack-and-sweden-too author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2022-08-14 modified: 2026-07-10 tags: - attack.persistence - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.execution - attack.stealth - attack.t1574.001 logsource: category: image_load product: windows detection: selection: ImageLoaded|endswith: - \aclui.dll - \activeds.dll - \adsldpc.dll - \aepic.dll - \apphelp.dll - \applicationframe.dll - \appvpolicy.dll - \appxalluserstore.dll - \appxdeploymentclient.dll - \archiveint.dll - \atl.dll - \audioses.dll - \auditpolcore.dll - \authfwcfg.dll - \authz.dll - \avrt.dll - \batmeter.dll - \bcd.dll - \bcp47langs.dll - \bcp47mrm.dll - \bcrypt.dll - \bderepair.dll - \bootmenuux.dll - \bootux.dll - \cabinet.dll - \cabview.dll - \certcli.dll - \certenroll.dll - \cfgmgr32.dll - \cldapi.dll - \clipc.dll - \clusapi.dll - \cmpbk32.dll - \cmutil.dll - \coloradapterclient.dll - \colorui.dll - \comdlg32.dll - \configmanager2.dll - \connect.dll - \coredplus.dll - \coremessaging.dll - \coreuicomponents.dll - \credui.dll - \cryptbase.dll - \cryptdll.dll - \cryptsp.dll - \cryptui.dll - \cryptxml.dll - \cscapi.dll - \cscobj.dll - \cscui.dll - \d2d1.dll - \d3d10_1.dll - \d3d10_1core.dll - \d3d10.dll - \d3d10core.dll - \d3d10warp.dll - \d3d11.dll - \d3d12.dll - \d3d9.dll - \d3dx9_43.dll - \dataexchange.dll - \davclnt.dll - \dcntel.dll - \dcomp.dll - \defragproxy.dll - \desktopshellext.dll - \deviceassociation.dll - \devicecredential.dll - \devicepairing.dll - \devobj.dll - \devrtl.dll - \dhcpcmonitor.dll - \dhcpcsvc.dll - \dhcpcsvc6.dll - \directmanipulation.dll - \dismapi.dll - \dismcore.dll - \dmcfgutils.dll - \dmcmnutils.dll - \dmcommandlineutils.dll - \dmenrollengine.dll - \dmenterprisediagnostics.dll - \dmiso8601utils.dll - \dmoleaututils.dll - \dmprocessxmlfiltered.dll - \