Sigma rule: Atera Agent Installation

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-d1cacd4ca540, updated 2022-12-25T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Atera Agent Installation
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Bhabesh Raj
Date
2021-09-01
Modified
2022-12-25
File
rules/windows/builtin/application/msiinstaller/win_software_atera_rmm_agent_install.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects successful installation of Atera Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM) agent as recently found to be used by Conti operators

Log source

product
windows
service
application

Detection

selection:
    EventID: 1033
    Provider_Name: MsiInstaller
    Message|contains: AteraAgent
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Legitimate Atera agent installation

Tags

  • attack.command-and-control
  • attack.t1219.002

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

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/builtin/application/msiinstaller/win_software_atera_rmm_agent_install.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Atera Agent Installation" by Bhabesh Raj (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/application/msiinstaller/win_software_atera_rmm_agent_install.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: Atera Agent Installation",
entity page, dataset version ref-d1cacd4ca540, updated 2022-12-25T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/87261fb2-69d0-42fe-b9de-88c6b5f65a43 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 87261fb2-69d0-42fe-b9de-88c6b5f65a43, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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