Potential Persistence Attempt Via Existing Service Tampering
Detects the modification of an existing service in order to execute an arbitrary payload when the service is started or killed as a potential method for persistence.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 2 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- process_creation
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 |
|---|---|
| pentestlab.blog/2020/01/22/persistence-modify-existing-service/ | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 38879043-7e1e-47a9-8d46-6bec88e201df
- 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