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Suspicious Service Binary Directory

Detects a service binary running in a suspicious directory

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Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Created Tue Mar 09Updated Sun Oct 09883faa95-175a-4e22-8181-e5761aeb373cwindows

Log Source

WindowsProcess Creation

ProductWindows← raw: windows

CategoryProcess Creation← raw: process_creation

Events generated when a new process is spawned on the system. Covers command-line arguments, parent/child relationships, and process metadata.

Detection Logic

detection:
    selection:
        Image|contains:
            - '\Users\Public\'
            - '\$Recycle.bin'
            - '\Users\All Users\'
            - '\Users\Default\'
            - '\Users\Contacts\'
            - '\Users\Searches\'
            - 'C:\Perflogs\'
            - '\config\systemprofile\'
            - '\Windows\Fonts\'
            - '\Windows\IME\'
            - '\Windows\addins\'
        ParentImage|endswith:
            - '\services.exe'
            - '\svchost.exe'
    condition: selection