Every published rule
Every rule shows the reporting behind it, the telemetry it needs and where it falls short — before it costs you anything.
90 rules
Windows File Events: wmiexec Default Output File Creation (__1<9 digits>.<1-7 digits>)
Detects Windows file creation matching wmiexec default output filename patterns in admin share and drive paths.
sigmaWindowscritical2022-06-02Suspicious Child Process Spawning by PowerShell on Windows
Alerts when PowerShell spawns potentially suspicious child binaries (e.g., certutil, mshta, wmic, rundll32), with exclusions for known benign patterns.
sigmamedium2022-04-26PowerShell WMI Win32_Product MSI Installation via Invoke-CimMethod
Flags PowerShell using WMI Win32_Product via Invoke-CimMethod to invoke an MSI install.
sigmaWindowsmedium2022-04-24Windows process access indicating potential shellcode injection to lsass.exe
Alerts on high-privilege process access from wmiprvse.exe to lsass.exe consistent with potential shellcode injection behavior.
sigmamedium2022-03-11Windows: Application Uninstall via WMIC.exe (WMIC call uninstall)
Flags WMIC.exe commands that include "call" and "uninstall," indicating potential application removal on Windows.
sigmaWindowsmedium2022-01-28Windows WMIC Process Flag Execution Indicating Process Reconnaissance
Alerts on wm ic.exe executions using the 'process' flag, consistent with attempting to enumerate running processes.
sigmaWindowsmedium2022-01-01RPC Firewall detects remote DCOM/WMI-related RPC operations via specified interface UUIDs
Alerts on RPC Firewall RPC events indicating remote DCOM/WMI interface activity that can support lateral movement.
sigmahigh2022-01-01PowerShell Scheduled Task Creation via ScriptBlock Logging
Identifies PowerShell script blocks that create and register scheduled tasks using TaskScheduler cmdlets or CIM WMI method calls.
sigmaWindowsmedium2021-12-28Windows Process Discovery via wmic.exe "group" Flag
Flags wmic.exe process executions querying local group information via a "group" command-line argument.
sigmaWindowslow2021-12-12PowerShell Suspicious Discovery of Local Groups via Get-LocalGroup Cmdlets
Flags PowerShell commands that enumerate local groups and group membership, including WMI/CIM queries for Win32 group data.
sigmaWindowslow2021-12-12Windows WMI Event Consumer with Encoded Payload Containing Suspicious Strings
Detects WMI event consumer encoded payloads containing suspicious execution-related strings on Windows.
sigmaWindowshigh2021-09-01Windows WMI Event Consumer (scrcons.exe) Creates Named Pipe
Flags scrcons.exe creating a Windows named pipe, using named pipe creation event telemetry.
sigmaWindowsmedium2021-09-01Windows WmiPrvSE.exe Spawning Suspicious Script and LOLBIN Child Processes
Flags WmiPrvSE.exe spawning script/utility executables like mshta or regsvr32, with command-line keywords where applicable.
sigmaWindowshigh2021-08-23Windows Process Creation: Office-Launched WMIC with LOLBIN-Style Command Arguments
Alerts on Office spawning WMIC.exe with process/create/call arguments and LOLBIN-like tool references.
sigmaWindowshigh2021-08-23PowerShell WMI Event Subscription Persistence via New-CimInstance
Finds PowerShell creating WMI __EventFilter and CommandLineEventConsumer objects for event-triggered persistence.
sigmaWindowsmedium2021-08-19PowerShell Virtualization Environment Discovery via WMI in ScriptBlockLogging (Windows)
Identifies PowerShell WMI queries for Win32 computer system and ACPI thermal data used to check virtualization environments.
sigmaWindowsmedium2021-08-03Windows Process Creation: WMIC.exe ActiveScriptEventConsumer Creation Attempt
Alerts on WMIC.exe command lines attempting to create an ActiveScriptEventConsumer for event-driven script execution.
sigmaWindowshigh2021-06-25Windows WMI Shadow Copy Deletion via PowerShell
Identifies PowerShell commands that use WMI Win32_ShadowCopy to delete or remove Volume Shadow Copies.
sigmaWindowshigh2021-06-03Windows WMIC Uninstall/Terminate Actions Targeting Security Products
Flags WMIC commands on Windows that attempt to uninstall or terminate security products or sensors using known vendor/product strings.
sigmaWindowshigh2021-01-30Windows PowerShell Command Lines with WMI Process Creation and rundll32 Invocation
Flags Windows command lines where PowerShell/WMI is used to spawn rundll32 from c:\windows.
sigmacritical2021-01-20