Potential Execution of Sysinternals Tools

 Original Source: [Sigma source]
Title: Potential Execution of Sysinternals Tools
Status: test
Description:Detects command lines that contain the 'accepteula' flag which could be a sign of execution of one of the Sysinternals tools
References:
  -https://twitter.com/Moti_B/status/1008587936735035392
Author: Markus Neis
Date: 2017-08-28
modified:2024-03-13
Tags:
  • -'attack.resource-development'
  • -'attack.t1588.002'
Logsource:
  • category: process_creation
  • product: windows
Detection:
  selection:
    CommandLine|contains|windash: ' -accepteula'
  condition:selection
Falsepositives:
  -Legitimate use of SysInternals tools
  -Programs that use the same command line flag
Level: low