Sigma rule: Fireball Archer Install

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-aebe416ed8e6, updated 2021-11-27T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Fireball Archer Install
Status: test
Level: high
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date: 2017-06-03
Modified: 2021-11-27
File: rules-emerging-threats/2017/Malware/Fireball/proc_creation_win_malware_fireball.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects Archer malware invocation via rundll32

Log source

product: windows
category: process_creation

Detection

selection:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - 'rundll32.exe'
        - 'InstallArcherSvc'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Unknown

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1218.011

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/2017/Malware/Fireball/proc_creation_win_malware_fireball.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Fireball Archer Install" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2017/Malware/Fireball/proc_creation_win_malware_fireball.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: Fireball Archer Install",
entity page, dataset version ref-aebe416ed8e6, updated 2021-11-27T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/3d4aebe0-6d29-45b2-a8a4-3dfde586a26d (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 3d4aebe0-6d29-45b2-a8a4-3dfde586a26d, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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