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SMB/Windows Admin Shares

This query is based on detecting incoming RPC/TCP on the SCM, followed by the start of a child process of services.exe. Remotely interacting with the SCM triggers the RPC/TCP traffic on services.exe, and the creation…

Description

This query is based on detecting incoming RPC/TCP on the SCM, followed by the start of a child process of services.exe. Remotely interacting with the SCM triggers the RPC/TCP traffic on services.exe, and the creation of the child processes is a result of starting the service. The query might look intimidating given its size. That's why we've commented the query per logic block to walk you through the details.

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
microsoftthreatprotection
Log source service
devicefilecertificateinfodevicenetworkeventsdeviceprocessevents

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