Sigma rule: StoneDrill Service Install

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-0fffab9db40f, updated 2021-11-30T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
StoneDrill Service Install
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date
2017-03-07
Modified
2021-11-30
File
rules-emerging-threats/2017/Malware/StoneDrill/win_system_apt_stonedrill.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

This method detects a service install of the malicious Microsoft Network Realtime Inspection Service service described in StoneDrill report by Kaspersky

Log source

product
windows
service
system

Detection

selection:
    Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
    EventID: 7045
    ServiceName: NtsSrv
    ImagePath|endswith: ' LocalService'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unlikely

Tags

  • attack.privilege-escalation
  • attack.persistence
  • attack.g0064
  • attack.t1543.003
  • detection.emerging-threats

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-emerging-threats/2017/Malware/StoneDrill/win_system_apt_stonedrill.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "StoneDrill Service Install" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2017/Malware/StoneDrill/win_system_apt_stonedrill.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: StoneDrill Service Install",
entity page, dataset version ref-0fffab9db40f, updated 2021-11-30T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/9e987c6c-4c1e-40d8-bd85-dd26fba8fdd6 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 9e987c6c-4c1e-40d8-bd85-dd26fba8fdd6, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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