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Active Rule
Virtualbox Driver Installation or Starting of VMs
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
Format Mode
Default
Plain SPL queries
Conversion Output
Virtualbox Driver Installation or Starting of VMs
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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Adjust the rule on the left, then regenerate when you want a fresh backend-native query.
BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Virtualbox Driver Installation or Starting of VMs
id: bab049ca-7471-4828-9024-38279a4c04da
status: test
description: Adversaries can carry out malicious operations using a virtual instance to avoid detection. This rule is built to detect the registration of the Virtualbox driver or start of a Virtualbox VM.
references:
- https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/05/21/ragnar-locker-ransomware-deploys-virtual-machine-to-dodge-security/
- https://threatpost.com/maze-ransomware-ragnar-locker-virtual-machine/159350/
author: Janantha Marasinghe
date: 2020-09-26
modified: 2025-07-29
tags:
- attack.defense-evasion
- attack.t1564.006
- attack.t1564
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_1:
CommandLine|contains:
- 'VBoxRT.dll,RTR3Init'
- 'VBoxC.dll'
- 'VBoxDrv.sys'
selection_2:
CommandLine|contains:
- 'startvm'
- 'controlvm'
condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
- This may have false positives on hosts where Virtualbox is legitimately being used for operations
level: low
CLI command
Copy the exact command to reproduce this translation locally.
sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_virtualbox_execution.yml