Sigma rule: Tap Driver Installation

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-260eb8cf5599, updated 2021-09-21T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Tap Driver Installation
Status
unsupported
Level
medium
Author
Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Ian Davis, oscd.community
Date
2019/10/24
Modified
2021/09/21
File
unsupported/windows/driver_load_tap_driver_installation.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Well-known TAP software installation. Possible preparation for data exfiltration using tunnelling techniques

Log source

product
windows
category
driver_load

Detection

selection:
    ImagePath|contains: 'tap0901'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Legitimate OpenVPN TAP insntallation

Tags

  • attack.exfiltration
  • attack.t1048

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

Related rules

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/unsupported/windows/driver_load_tap_driver_installation.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Tap Driver Installation" by Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Ian Davis, oscd.community (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/unsupported/windows/driver_load_tap_driver_installation.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: Tap Driver Installation",
entity page, dataset version ref-260eb8cf5599, updated 2021-09-21T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/8bd47424-53e9-41ea-8a6a-a1f97b1bb0eb (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 8bd47424-53e9-41ea-8a6a-a1f97b1bb0eb, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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