Sigma rule: Raspberry Robin Initial Execution From External Drive

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-f1fd0a2cf903, updated 2022-05-06T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Raspberry Robin Initial Execution From External Drive
Status
test
Level
high
Author
@kostastsale
Date
2022-05-06
File
rules-emerging-threats/2022/Malware/Raspberry-Robin/proc_creation_win_malware_raspberry_robin_external_drive_exec.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the initial execution of the Raspberry Robin malware from an external drive using "Cmd.EXE".

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection_parent:
    ParentImage|endswith: '\cmd.exe'
    ParentCommandLine|contains: '/r'
    ParentCommandLine|endswith:
        - '.bin'
        - '.ico'
        - '.lnk'
        - '.lo'
        - '.sv'
        - '.usb'
selection_child_img:
    Image|endswith: '\msiexec.exe'
    CommandLine|contains|windash: '/q'
selection_child_http:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - 'http:'
        - 'https:'
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unlikely

Tags

  • attack.execution
  • attack.t1059.001
  • detection.emerging-threats

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

Related rules

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2022/Malware/Raspberry-Robin/proc_creation_win_malware_raspberry_robin_external_drive_exec.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Raspberry Robin Initial Execution From External Drive" by @kostastsale (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2022/Malware/Raspberry-Robin/proc_creation_win_malware_raspberry_robin_external_drive_exec.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Raspberry Robin Initial Execution From External Drive",
entity page, dataset version ref-f1fd0a2cf903, updated 2022-05-06T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/2c6bea3a-ef58-4f2e-a775-4928f6b7c58a (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 2c6bea3a-ef58-4f2e-a775-4928f6b7c58a, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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