Suspicious New PDQDeploy Service - Client Side (via system)

title: Suspicious New PDQDeploy Service - Client Side (via system)
id: 12fdc366-dc99-516d-94ff-4cc6b3a3cb23
status: stable
description: This rule detects PDQDeploy service installation on the target system. When a package is deployed via PDQDeploy it installs a remote service on the target machine with the name "PDQDeployRunner-X" where "X" is an integer starting from 1
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1543/003/
    - https://documentation.pdq.com/PDQDeploy/13.0.3.0/index.html?windows-services.htm
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-05-03
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1543.003
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection_root:
        Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
        EventID: 7045
    selection_service:
        - ImagePath|contains: 'PDQDeployRunner-'
        - ServiceName|startswith: 'PDQDeployRunner-'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium