Potential DLL Sideloading Of KeyScramblerIE.DLL Via KeyScrambler.EXE
Detects potential DLL side loading of "KeyScramblerIE.dll" by "KeyScrambler.exe". Various threat actors and malware have been found side loading a masqueraded "KeyScramblerIE.dll" through "KeyScrambler.exe".
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- image_load
Known benign triggers
- Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| bazaar.abuse.ch/sample/5cb9876681f78d3ee8a01a5aaa5d38b05ec81edc48b09e3865b75c49a2187831/ | Only this detection cites it |
| csirt-cti.net/2024/02/01/stately-taurus-continued-new-information-on-cyberespionage-attacks-against-myanmar-military-junta/ | Only this detection cites it |
| thehackernews.com/2024/03/two-chinese-apt-groups-ramp-up-cyber.html | Only this detection cites it |
| twitter.com/DTCERT/status/1712785426895839339 | Only this detection cites it |
| twitter.com/Max_Mal_/status/1775222576639291859 | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- d2451be2-b582-4e15-8701-4196ac180260
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.executionattack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalationattack.stealth
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1