TacticalRMM Service Installation — Sigma Rule

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Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems). Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2022-11-28 / not supplied.

{
  "product": "windows",
  "service": "system"
}

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Source SHA-256: a9833b51a2206a95b7edfc24c45192a802c2f959e90e5581094fa957440ef6c6

Detection logic

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title: TacticalRMM Service Installation
id: 4bb79b62-ef12-4861-981d-2aab43fab642
status: test
description: Detects a TacticalRMM service installation. Tactical RMM is a remote monitoring & management tool.
references:
    - https://thedfirreport.com/2022/11/28/emotet-strikes-again-lnk-file-leads-to-domain-wide-ransomware/
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-11-28
tags:
    - attack.command-and-control
    - attack.t1219.002
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection_root:
        Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
        EventID: 7045
    selection_service:
        - ImagePath|contains: 'tacticalrmm.exe'
        - ServiceName|contains: 'TacticalRMM Agent Service'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate use of the tool
level: medium

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False positives

• Legitimate use of the tool

Source references

• https://thedfirreport.com/2022/11/28/emotet-strikes-again-lnk-file-leads-to-domain-wide-ransomware/