Tap Driver Installation

 1title: Tap Driver Installation
 2id: 8e4cf0e5-aa5d-4dc3-beff-dc26917744a9
 3status: test
 4description: Well-known TAP software installation. Possible preparation for data exfiltration using tunnelling techniques
 5references:
 6    - https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/ManagingWindowsTAPDrivers
 7author: Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Ian Davis, oscd.community
 8date: 2019-10-24
 9modified: 2022-12-25
10tags:
11    - attack.exfiltration
12    - attack.t1048
13logsource:
14    product: windows
15    service: system
16detection:
17    selection:
18        Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
19        EventID: 7045
20        ImagePath|contains: 'tap0901'
21    condition: selection
22falsepositives:
23    - Legitimate OpenVPN TAP installation
24level: medium

References

• https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/ManagingWindowsTAPDrivers

  
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