Detection rules › Sigma
Suspicious Execution of Shutdown
Use of the commandline to shutdown or reboot windows
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Impact | T1529 System Shutdown/Reboot |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 1 | Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 4688 | A new process has been created. |
Rule body yaml
title: Suspicious Execution of Shutdown
id: 34ebb878-1b15-4895-b352-ca2eeb99b274
status: test
description: Use of the commandline to shutdown or reboot windows
references:
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1529/T1529.md
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/shutdown
author: frack113
date: 2022-01-01
tags:
- attack.impact
- attack.t1529
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
Image|endswith: '\shutdown.exe'
CommandLine|contains:
- '/r '
- '/s '
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: medium
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
Image|endswith: '\shutdown.exe'
CommandLine|contains:
- '/r '
- '/s '
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.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
|
Image | ends_with |
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