Windows Service Created With Suspicious Service Path

Date: 2025-08-12 ID: d6a28386-bc89-4839-b4b1-9115a8ca0807 Author: Generated by dataset_analyzer.py Environment: attack_range Directory: windows_service_created_with_suspicious_service_path

Description

Automatically categorized datasets in directory windows_service_created_with_suspicious_service_path

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1569.002	Service Execution	Execution

Environment Details

Field	Value
Environment	attack_range
Directory	windows_service_created_with_suspicious_service_path
Test Date	2025-08-12

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Xml

Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1569.002/windows_service_created_with_suspicious_service_path/windows-xml.log
Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
Source: XmlWinEventLog:System

The following detections in our security content repository use this attack data for testing:

Detection Name	Type	Source	MITRE ATT&CK	Analytic Story
Windows Service Created with Suspicious Service Path	`TTP`	Endpoint	T1569.002	PlugX, Qakbot, China-Nexus Threat Activity, CISA AA23-347A, Flax Typhoon, Derusbi, Salt Typhoon, Active Directory Lateral Movement, Snake Malware, Clop Ransomware, Crypto Stealer, Brute Ratel C4, APT37 Rustonotto and FadeStealer

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1569.002/windows_service_created_with_suspicious_service_path/windows-xml.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0