Suspicious Svchost Process Access
Detects suspicious access to the "svchost" process such as that used by Invoke-Phantom to kill the thread of the Windows event logging service.
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
- process_access
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 |
|---|---|
| github.com/hlldz/Invoke-Phant0m | Only this detection cites it |
| twitter.com/timbmsft/status/900724491076214784 | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 166e9c50-8cd9-44af-815d-d1f0c0e90dde
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.defense-impairment
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1