Sigma rule: PUA - Radmin Viewer Utility Execution

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-909caa520d1f, updated 2023-12-11T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: PUA - Radmin Viewer Utility Execution
Status: test
Level: medium
Author: frack113
Date: 2022-01-22
Modified: 2023-12-11
File: rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_pua_radmin.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the execution of Radmin which can be abused by an adversary to remotely control Windows machines

Log source

product: windows
category: process_creation

Detection

selection:
    - Description: 'Radmin Viewer'
    - Product: 'Radmin Viewer'
    - OriginalFileName: 'Radmin.exe'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Unknown

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1072

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/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_pua_radmin.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"PUA - Radmin Viewer Utility Execution" by frack113 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_pua_radmin.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

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Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: PUA - Radmin Viewer Utility Execution",
entity page, dataset version ref-909caa520d1f, updated 2023-12-11T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/5817e76f-4804-41e6-8f1d-5fa0b3ecae2d (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 5817e76f-4804-41e6-8f1d-5fa0b3ecae2d, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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