Sigma rule: RTCore Suspicious Service Installation

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-b42bb274ab4f, updated 2022-08-30T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
RTCore Suspicious Service Installation
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date
2022-08-30
File
rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_susp_rtcore64_service_install.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the installation of RTCore service. Which could be an indication of Micro-Star MSI Afterburner vulnerable driver abuse

Log source

product
windows
service
system

Detection

selection:
    Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
    EventID: 7045
    ServiceName: 'RTCore64'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.persistence

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/system/service_control_manager/win_system_susp_rtcore64_service_install.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "RTCore Suspicious Service Installation" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_susp_rtcore64_service_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: RTCore Suspicious Service Installation",
entity page, dataset version ref-b42bb274ab4f, updated 2022-08-30T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/91c49341-e2ef-40c0-ac45-49ec5c3fe26c (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 91c49341-e2ef-40c0-ac45-49ec5c3fe26c, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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