Detectionlowtest

Virtualbox Driver Installation or Starting of VMs

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.

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Janantha MarasingheCreated Sat Sep 26Updated Tue Jul 29bab049ca-7471-4828-9024-38279a4c04dawindows

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_1:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - 'VBoxRT.dll,RTR3Init'
            - 'VBoxC.dll'
            - 'VBoxDrv.sys'
    selection_2:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - 'startvm'
            - 'controlvm'
    condition: 1 of selection_*