Suspicious TacticalRMM Service Deployment (via system)

title: Suspicious TacticalRMM Service Deployment (via system)
id: 695c9879-2845-5834-9552-fd352a59814a
status: stable
description: This rule detects a TacticalRMM service installation. Tactical RMM is a remote monitoring & management tool.
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1219/002/
    - https://thedfirreport.com/2022/11/28/emotet-strikes-again-lnk-file-leads-to-domain-wide-ransomware/
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-02-17
tags:
    - attack.command-and-control
    - attack.t1219.002
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection_root:
        Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
        EventID: 7045
    selection_service:
        - ImagePath|contains: 'tacticalrmm.exe'
        - ServiceName|contains: 'TacticalRMM Agent Service'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium