Stop Windows Service Via Net.EXE

Detects the stopping of a Windows service via the "net" utility.

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 1title: Stop Windows Service Via Net.EXE
 2id: 88872991-7445-4a22-90b2-a3adadb0e827
 3related:
 4    - id: eb87818d-db5d-49cc-a987-d5da331fbd90
 5      type: obsoletes
 6status: test
 7description: Detects the stopping of a Windows service via the "net" utility.
 8references:
 9    - https://ss64.com/nt/net-service.html
10author: Jakob Weinzettl, oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
11date: 2023/03/05
12tags:
13    - attack.impact
14    - attack.t1489
15logsource:
16    category: process_creation
17    product: windows
18detection:
19    selection_img:
20        - OriginalFileName:
21              - 'net.exe'
22              - 'net1.exe'
23        - Image|endswith:
24              - '\net.exe'
25              - '\net1.exe'
26    selection_cli:
27        CommandLine|contains: ' stop '
28    condition: all of selection_*
29falsepositives:
30    - There are many legitimate reasons to stop a service. This rule isn't looking for any suspicious behaviour in particular. Filter legitimate activity accordingly
31level: low

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