Suspicious Named Pipe ChromeDecryptIPC Used by Stealer (via pipe_created)

PremiumReviewedSigma · High · v1
Product
windows
Category
pipe_created
Author
HuntRule
Published
2026-09-14
Updated
2026-09-14

ATT&CK techniques

Cred Access
  1. Recon

  2. Resource Dev

  3. Initial Access

  4. Execution

  5. Persistence

  6. Priv Esc

  7. Defense Evasion

  8. Discovery

  9. Lateral Movement

  10. Collection

  11. C2

  12. Exfiltration

  13. Impact

What it detects

This rule detects creation of a named pipe containing ChromeDecryptIPC. Maranhao Stealer uses this pipe for reflective DLL communication when decrypting Chromium browser credentials.

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