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Renamed Remote Utilities RAT (RURAT) Execution

Status
test
Severity
medium
Log source
product windows, category process_creation
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Source
github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects execution of renamed Remote Utilities (RURAT) via Product PE header field

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
StealthNo specific technique
DiscoveryNo specific technique
CollectionNo specific technique
Command & ControlNo specific technique

Event coverage

ProviderEventTitle
SysmonEvent ID 1Process creation

Rule body yaml

title: Renamed Remote Utilities RAT (RURAT) Execution
id: 9ef27c24-4903-4192-881a-3adde7ff92a5
status: test
description: Detects execution of renamed Remote Utilities (RURAT) via Product PE header field
references:
    - https://redcanary.com/blog/misbehaving-rats/
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-09-19
modified: 2023-02-03
tags:
    - attack.collection
    - attack.command-and-control
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.s0592
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Product: 'Remote Utilities'
    filter:
        Image|endswith:
            - '\rutserv.exe'
            - '\rfusclient.exe'
    condition: selection and not filter
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection and not filter

Stage 1: selection

selection:
    Product: 'Remote Utilities'

Stage 2: not filter

filter:
    Image|endswith:
        - '\rutserv.exe'
        - '\rfusclient.exe'

Exclusions

Top-level NOT(...) conjuncts: predicates this rule actively suppresses.

FieldKindExcluded values
Imageends_with\rfusclient.exe
Imageends_with\rutserv.exe

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
Producteq
  • Remote Utilities corpus 2 (sigma 2)