Sigma rule: HackTool - SILENTTRINITY Stager DLL Load

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-e59d40aabd97, updated 2023-02-17T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
HackTool - SILENTTRINITY Stager DLL Load
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Aleksey Potapov, oscd.community
Date
2019-10-22
Modified
2023-02-17
File
rules/windows/image_load/image_load_hktl_silenttrinity_stager.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects SILENTTRINITY stager dll loading activity

Log source

product
windows
category
image_load

Detection

selection:
    Description|contains: 'st2stager'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unlikely

Tags

  • attack.command-and-control
  • attack.t1071

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/windows/image_load/image_load_hktl_silenttrinity_stager.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "HackTool - SILENTTRINITY Stager DLL Load" by Aleksey Potapov, oscd.community (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/image_load/image_load_hktl_silenttrinity_stager.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: HackTool - SILENTTRINITY Stager DLL Load",
entity page, dataset version ref-e59d40aabd97, updated 2023-02-17T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/75c505b1-711d-4f68-a357-8c3fe37dbf2d (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 75c505b1-711d-4f68-a357-8c3fe37dbf2d, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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