Sigma rule: COLDSTEEL Persistence Service Creation

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-32ce2338dcf8, updated 2023-05-02T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
COLDSTEEL Persistence Service Creation
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date
2023-05-02
File
rules-emerging-threats/2023/Malware/COLDSTEEL/win_system_malware_coldsteel_persistence_service.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the creation of new services potentially related to COLDSTEEL RAT

Log source

product
windows
service
system

Detection

selection:
    Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
    EventID: 7045
    ServiceName:
        - 'Name'
        - 'msupdate'
        - 'msupdate2'
    ImagePath|contains: '\Windows\System32\svchost.exe'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unlikely

Tags

  • attack.persistence
  • detection.emerging-threats
  • attack.stealth

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/2023/Malware/COLDSTEEL/win_system_malware_coldsteel_persistence_service.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "COLDSTEEL Persistence Service Creation" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2023/Malware/COLDSTEEL/win_system_malware_coldsteel_persistence_service.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: COLDSTEEL Persistence Service Creation",
entity page, dataset version ref-32ce2338dcf8, updated 2023-05-02T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/3ced239c-7285-4b54-99c4-8525b69293f7 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 3ced239c-7285-4b54-99c4-8525b69293f7, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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