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HackTool - PCHunter Execution
Detects suspicious use of PCHunter, a tool like Process Hacker to view and manipulate processes, kernel options and other low level stuff
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Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Created Mon Oct 10Updated Sat Nov 23fca949cc-79ca-446e-8064-01aa7e52ece5windows
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 Logic3 selectors
detection:
selection_image:
Image|endswith:
- '\PCHunter64.exe'
- '\PCHunter32.exe'
selection_pe:
- OriginalFileName: 'PCHunter.exe'
- Description: 'Epoolsoft Windows Information View Tools'
selection_hashes:
Hashes|contains:
- 'SHA1=5F1CBC3D99558307BC1250D084FA968521482025'
- 'MD5=987B65CD9B9F4E9A1AFD8F8B48CF64A7'
- 'SHA256=2B214BDDAAB130C274DE6204AF6DBA5AEEC7433DA99AA950022FA306421A6D32'
- 'IMPHASH=444D210CEA1FF8112F256A4997EED7FF'
- 'SHA1=3FB89787CB97D902780DA080545584D97FB1C2EB'
- 'MD5=228DD0C2E6287547E26FFBD973A40F14'
- 'SHA256=55F041BF4E78E9BFA6D4EE68BE40E496CE3A1353E1CA4306598589E19802522C'
- 'IMPHASH=0479F44DF47CFA2EF1CCC4416A538663'
condition: 1 of selection_*False Positives
Unlikely
False positives are unlikely for most environments. High confidence detection.
MITRE ATT&CK
Rule Metadata
Rule ID
fca949cc-79ca-446e-8064-01aa7e52ece5
Status
test
Level
high
Type
Detection
Created
Mon Oct 10
Modified
Sat Nov 23
Path
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_pchunter.yml
Raw Tags
attack.executionattack.discoveryattack.t1082attack.t1057attack.t1012attack.t1083attack.t1007