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Turla PNG Dropper Service
This method detects malicious services mentioned in Turla PNG dropper report by NCC Group in November 2018
Known false positives
- Unlikely
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Persistence | |
| Privilege Escalation |
Telemetry coverage
| Provider | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Service-Control-Manager | Event ID 7045: A service was installed in the system. |
Rule body
title: Turla PNG Dropper Service
id: 1228f8e2-7e79-4dea-b0ad-c91f1d5016c1
status: test
description: This method detects malicious services mentioned in Turla PNG dropper report by NCC Group in November 2018
references:
- https://research.nccgroup.com/2018/11/22/turla-png-dropper-is-back/
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2018-11-23
modified: 2021-11-30
tags:
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.persistence
- attack.g0010
- attack.t1543.003
- detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
product: windows
service: system
detection:
selection:
Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
EventID: 7045
ServiceName: 'WerFaultSvc'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unlikely
level: critical
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
EventID: 7045
ServiceName: 'WerFaultSvc'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
Provider_Name | eq |
| field:"Provider_Name" kind:eq value:"Service Control Manager" |
ServiceName | eq |
| field:"ServiceName" kind:eq value:"WerFaultSvc" |