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Windows Service Control Manager TAP Driver Installation (tap0901)

Flags Windows service installation events for TAP driver image paths containing 'tap0901'.

FreeReviewedSigma · Medium · v2
Product
windows
Service
system
Author
Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Ian Davis, oscd.community (SigmaHQ), DRL 1.1
Published
2019-10-24
Updated
2026-07-31
AnalysisDetection

ATT&CK techniques

Exfiltration

  1. Recon

  2. Resource Dev

  3. Initial Access

  4. Execution

  5. Persistence

  6. Priv Esc

  7. Defense Evasion

  8. Cred Access

  9. Discovery

  10. Lateral Movement

  11. Collection

  12. C2

  13. Exfiltration

  14. Impact

What it detects

This rule matches Windows Service Control Manager events indicating installation of a driver service whose ImagePath contains the string tap0901. Attackers may use well-known TAP driver software to establish tunneling or network redirection paths that can support data exfiltration. Telemetry relies on Windows system logging for service creation/installation (EventID 7045) and the reported ImagePath field.

Reporting behind it

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Windows Service Control Manager TAP Driver Installation (tap0901)
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Changelog

v2
  1. v2
    Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
  2. v1
    No changelog recorded for this version.2026-07-30

Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.