Sliver C2 Default Service Installation
Detects known malicious service installation that appear in cases in which a Sliver implants execute the PsExec commands
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1title: Sliver C2 Default Service Installation
2id: 31c51af6-e7aa-4da7-84d4-8f32cc580af2
3status: test
4description: Detects known malicious service installation that appear in cases in which a Sliver implants execute the PsExec commands
5references:
6 - https://github.com/BishopFox/sliver/blob/79f2d48fcdfc2bee4713b78d431ea4b27f733f30/client/command/commands.go#L1231
7 - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/08/24/looking-for-the-sliver-lining-hunting-for-emerging-command-and-control-frameworks/
8author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
9date: 2022-08-25
10tags:
11 - attack.execution
12 - attack.privilege-escalation
13 - attack.t1543.003
14 - attack.t1569.002
15logsource:
16 product: windows
17 service: system
18detection:
19 selection_eid:
20 Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
21 EventID: 7045
22 selection_service_1:
23 ImagePath|re: '^[a-zA-Z]:\\windows\\temp\\[a-zA-Z0-9]{10}\.exe'
24 selection_service_2:
25 ServiceName:
26 - 'Sliver'
27 - 'Sliver implant'
28 condition: selection_eid and 1 of selection_service_*
29falsepositives:
30 - Unknown
31level: high
References
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