Rule Library

Sigma Rules

1,414 rules found for "Nextron Systems"

3,731Total
3,132Detection
457Emerging
139Hunting
Detectionhightest

Delete Important Scheduled Task

Detects when adversaries stop services or processes by deleting their respective scheduled tasks in order to conduct data destructive activities

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Fri Sep 09windows
Detectionhightest

Delete All Scheduled Tasks

Detects the usage of schtasks with the delete flag and the asterisk symbol to delete all tasks from the schedule of the local computer, including tasks scheduled by other users.

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Fri Sep 09windows
Detectionhightest

Disable Important Scheduled Task

Detects when adversaries stop services or processes by disabling their respective scheduled tasks in order to conduct data destructive activities

WindowsProcess Creation
François Hubaut+2Sun Dec 26windows
Detectionmediumtest

Schedule Task Creation From Env Variable Or Potentially Suspicious Path Via Schtasks.EXE

Detects Schtask creations that point to a suspicious folder or an environment variable often used by malware

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Mon Feb 21windows
Detectionhightest

Schtasks From Suspicious Folders

Detects scheduled task creations that have suspicious action command and folder combinations

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Fri Apr 15windows
Detectionmediumtest

Suspicious Scheduled Task Name As GUID

Detects creation of a scheduled task with a GUID like name

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Mon Oct 31windows
Detectionhightest

Potential Persistence Via Powershell Search Order Hijacking - Task

Detects suspicious powershell execution via a schedule task where the command ends with an suspicious flags to hide the powershell instance instead of executeing scripts or commands. This could be a sign of persistence via PowerShell "Get-Variable" technique as seen being used in Colibri Loader

WindowsProcess Creation
Martin Mueller+1Fri Apr 08windows
Detectionmediumtest

Scheduled Task Executing Payload from Registry

Detects the creation of a schtasks that potentially executes a payload stored in the Windows Registry using PowerShell.

WindowsProcess Creation
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)+1Tue Jul 18windows
Detectionhightest

Scheduled Task Executing Encoded Payload from Registry

Detects the creation of a schtask that potentially executes a base64 encoded payload stored in the Windows Registry using PowerShell.

WindowsProcess Creation
Martin Mueller+3Sat Feb 12windows
Detectionhightest

Suspicious Schtasks Schedule Types

Detects scheduled task creations or modification on a suspicious schedule type

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Fri Sep 09windows
Detectionmediumtest

Suspicious Schtasks Schedule Type With High Privileges

Detects scheduled task creations or modification to be run with high privileges on a suspicious schedule type

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Wed Aug 31windows
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Suspicious Command Patterns In Scheduled Task Creation

Detects scheduled task creation using "schtasks" that contain potentially suspicious or uncommon commands

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Wed Feb 23windows
Detectionhightest

Schtasks Creation Or Modification With SYSTEM Privileges

Detects the creation or update of a scheduled task to run with "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" privileges

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Thu Jul 28windows
Detectionhighexperimental

Scheduled Task Creation Masquerading as System Processes

Detects the creation of scheduled tasks that involve system processes, which may indicate malicious actors masquerading as or abusing these processes to execute payloads or maintain persistence.

WindowsProcess Creation
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Wed Feb 05windows
Detectionmediumtest

Service StartupType Change Via Sc.EXE

Detect the use of "sc.exe" to change the startup type of a service to "disabled" or "demand"

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Mon Aug 01windows
Detectionmediumtest

New Kernel Driver Via SC.EXE

Detects creation of a new service (kernel driver) with the type "kernel"

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Thu Jul 14windows
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Allow Service Access Using Security Descriptor Tampering Via Sc.EXE

Detects suspicious DACL modifications to allow access to a service from a suspicious trustee. This can be used to override access restrictions set by previous ACLs.

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Tue Feb 28windows
Detectionmediumtest

Service Security Descriptor Tampering Via Sc.EXE

Detection of sc.exe utility adding a new service with special permission which hides that service.

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Tue Feb 28windows
Detectionhightest

Suspicious Service Path Modification

Detects service path modification via the "sc" binary to a suspicious command or path

WindowsProcess Creation
Victor Sergeev+2Mon Oct 21windows
Detectionlowtest

Stop Windows Service Via Sc.EXE

Detects the stopping of a Windows service via the "sc.exe" utility

WindowsProcess Creation
Jakob Weinzettl+2Sun Mar 05windows
Detectionmediumtest

Uncommon Extension Shim Database Installation Via Sdbinst.EXE

Detects installation of a potentially suspicious new shim with an uncommon extension using sdbinst.exe. Adversaries may establish persistence and/or elevate privileges by executing malicious content triggered by application shims

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Tue Aug 01windows
Detectionlowexperimental

NodeJS Execution of JavaScript File

Detects execution of JavaScript or JSC files using NodeJs binary node.exe, that could be potentially suspicious. Node.js is a popular open-source JavaScript runtime that runs code outside browsers and is widely used for both frontend and backend development. Adversaries have been observed abusing Node.js to disguise malware as legitimate processes, evade security defenses, and maintain persistence within target systems. Because Node.js is commonly used, this rule may generate false positives in some environments. However, if such activity is unusual in your environment, it is highly suspicious and warrants immediate investigation.

WindowsProcess Creation
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Mon Apr 21windows
Detectionhightest

Suspicious Serv-U Process Pattern

Detects a suspicious process pattern which could be a sign of an exploited Serv-U service

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Wed Jul 14windows
Detectionhightest

Uncommon Child Process Of Setres.EXE

Detects uncommon child process of Setres.EXE. Setres.EXE is a Windows server only process and tool that can be used to set the screen resolution. It can potentially be abused in order to launch any arbitrary file with a name containing the word "choice" from the current execution path.

WindowsProcess Creation
@gott_cyber+1Sun Dec 11windows
Detectionmediumexperimental

Indirect Command Execution via SFTP ProxyCommand

Detects the use of SFTP.exe to execute commands indirectly via ProxyCommand parameter. Threat actors were seen leveraging this legitimate Windows binary to bypass security controls and execute arbitrary commands while evading detection.

WindowsProcess Creation
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Mon Apr 27windows
Detectionmediumtest

Uncommon Sigverif.EXE Child Process

Detects uncommon child processes spawning from "sigverif.exe", which could indicate potential abuse of the latter as a living of the land binary in order to proxy execution.

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Fri Aug 19windows
Detectionmediumtest

Uncommon Child Processes Of SndVol.exe

Detects potentially uncommon child processes of SndVol.exe (the Windows volume mixer)

WindowsProcess Creation
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)Fri Jun 09windows
Detectionhightest

Suspicious Splwow64 Without Params

Detects suspicious Splwow64.exe process without any command line parameters

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Mon Aug 23windows
Detectionmediumtest

Veeam Backup Database Suspicious Query

Detects potentially suspicious SQL queries using SQLCmd targeting the Veeam backup databases in order to steal information.

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Thu May 04windows
Detectionmediumtest

Arbitrary File Download Via Squirrel.EXE

Detects the usage of the "Squirrel.exe" to download arbitrary files. This binary is part of multiple Electron based software installations (Slack, Teams, Discord, etc.)

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+3Thu Jun 09windows
Detectionmediumtest

Process Proxy Execution Via Squirrel.EXE

Detects the usage of the "Squirrel.exe" binary to execute arbitrary processes. This binary is part of multiple Electron based software installations (Slack, Teams, Discord, etc.)

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+3Thu Jun 09windows
Detectionmediumtest

Port Forwarding Activity Via SSH.EXE

Detects port forwarding activity via SSH.exe

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Wed Oct 12windows
Detectionmediumtest

Program Executed Using Proxy/Local Command Via SSH.EXE

Detect usage of the "ssh.exe" binary as a proxy to launch other programs.

WindowsProcess Creation
François Hubaut+1Thu Dec 29windows
Detectionhightest

Potential RDP Tunneling Via SSH

Execution of ssh.exe to perform data exfiltration and tunneling through RDP

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Wed Oct 12windows
Detectionmediumtest

User Added to Local Administrators Group

Detects addition of users to the local administrator group via "Net" or "Add-LocalGroupMember".

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)+1Fri Aug 12windows
Detectionhightest

User Added To Highly Privileged Group

Detects addition of users to highly privileged groups via "Net" or "Add-LocalGroupMember".

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Fri Feb 23windows
Detectionhightest

User Added to Remote Desktop Users Group

Detects addition of users to the local Remote Desktop Users group via "Net" or "Add-LocalGroupMember".

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Mon Dec 06windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potentially Suspicious Windows App Activity

Detects potentially suspicious child process of applications launched from inside the WindowsApps directory. This could be a sign of a rogue ".appx" package installation/execution

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Thu Jan 12windows
Detectionhightest

Phishing Pattern ISO in Archive

Detects cases in which an ISO files is opend within an archiver like 7Zip or Winrar, which is a sign of phishing as threat actors put small ISO files in archives as email attachments to bypass certain filters and protective measures (mark of web)

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Tue Jun 07windows
Detectionhightest

Bad Opsec Defaults Sacrificial Processes With Improper Arguments

Detects attackers using tooling with bad opsec defaults. E.g. spawning a sacrificial process to inject a capability into the process without taking into account how the process is normally run. One trivial example of this is using rundll32.exe without arguments as a sacrificial process (default in CS, now highlighted by c2lint), running WerFault without arguments (Kraken - credit am0nsec), and other examples.

WindowsProcess Creation
Oleg Kolesnikov invrep_de+3Fri Oct 23windows
Detectionhighexperimental

Suspicious ClickFix/FileFix Execution Pattern

Detects suspicious execution patterns where users are tricked into running malicious commands via clipboard manipulation, either through the Windows Run dialog (ClickFix) or File Explorer address bar (FileFix). Attackers leverage social engineering campaigns—such as fake CAPTCHA challenges or urgent alerts—encouraging victims to paste clipboard contents, often executing mshta.exe, powershell.exe, or similar commands to infect systems.

WindowsProcess Creation
montysecurity+1Wed Nov 19windows
Detectionhighexperimental

Suspicious Explorer Process with Whitespace Padding - ClickFix/FileFix

Detects process creation with suspicious whitespace padding followed by a '#' character, which may indicate ClickFix or FileFix techniques used to conceal malicious commands from visual inspection. ClickFix and FileFix are social engineering attack techniques where adversaries distribute phishing documents or malicious links that deceive users into opening the Windows Run dialog box or File Explorer search bar. The victims are then instructed to paste commands from their clipboard, which contain extensive whitespace padding using various Unicode space characters to push the actual malicious command far to the right, effectively hiding it from immediate view.

WindowsProcess Creation
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Tue Nov 04windows
Detectionhightest

Potential CommandLine Obfuscation Using Unicode Characters From Suspicious Image

Detects potential commandline obfuscation using unicode characters. Adversaries may attempt to make an executable or file difficult to discover or analyze by encrypting, encoding, or otherwise obfuscating its contents on the system or in transit.

WindowsProcess Creation
François Hubaut+2Mon Sep 02windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential Command Line Path Traversal Evasion Attempt

Detects potential evasion or obfuscation attempts using bogus path traversal via the commandline

WindowsProcess Creation
Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems)Tue Oct 26windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential Browser Data Stealing

Adversaries may acquire credentials from web browsers by reading files specific to the target browser. Web browsers commonly save credentials such as website usernames and passwords so that they do not need to be entered manually in the future. Web browsers typically store the credentials in an encrypted format within a credential store.

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Fri Dec 23windows
Detectionmediumtest

Copy From Or To Admin Share Or Sysvol Folder

Detects a copy command or a copy utility execution to or from an Admin share or remote

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)+4Mon Dec 30windows
Detectionmediumtest

Suspicious Copy From or To System Directory

Detects a suspicious copy operation that tries to copy a program from system (System32, SysWOW64, WinSxS) directories to another on disk. Often used to move LOLBINs such as 'certutil' or 'desktopimgdownldr' to a different location with a different name in order to bypass detections based on locations.

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)+3Fri Jul 03windows
Detectionhightest

LOL-Binary Copied From System Directory

Detects a suspicious copy operation that tries to copy a known LOLBIN from system (System32, SysWOW64, WinSxS) directories to another on disk in order to bypass detections based on locations.

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Tue Aug 29windows