Wab/Wabmig Unusual Parent Or Child Processes
Detects unusual parent or children of the wab.exe (Windows Contacts) and Wabmig.exe (Microsoft Address Book Import Tool) processes as seen being used with bumblebee activity
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/bumblebee-loader-cybercrime | 2 |
| thedfirreport.com/2022/08/08/bumblebee-roasts-its-way-to-domain-admin/ | 12from 2 sources |
| thedfirreport.com/2022/09/26/bumblebee-round-two/ | 7 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 63d1ccc0-2a43-4f4b-9289-361b308991ff
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.executionattack.stealth
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1