PUA - Mouse Lock Execution

Description

In Kaspersky's 2020 Incident Response Analyst Report they listed legitimate tool "Mouse Lock" as being used for both credential access and collection in security incidents.

Query · sigma

selection:
- Product|contains: Mouse Lock
- Company|contains: Misc314
- CommandLine|contains: Mouse Lock_
condition: selection

Known false positives

  • Legitimate uses of Mouse Lock software
Raw source PUA - Mouse Lock Execution · Sigma
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title: PUA - Mouse Lock Execution
id: c9192ad9-75e5-43eb-8647-82a0a5b493e3
status: test
description: In Kaspersky's 2020 Incident Response Analyst Report they listed legitimate tool "Mouse Lock" as being used for both credential access and collection in security incidents.
references:
    - https://github.com/klsecservices/Publications/blob/657deb6a6eb6e00669afd40173f425fb49682eaa/Incident-Response-Analyst-Report-2020.pdf
    - https://sourceforge.net/projects/mouselock/
author: Cian Heasley
date: 2020-08-13
modified: 2023-02-21
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.collection
    - attack.t1056.002
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: process_creation
detection:
    selection:
        - Product|contains: 'Mouse Lock'
        - Company|contains: 'Misc314'
        - CommandLine|contains: 'Mouse Lock_'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate uses of Mouse Lock software
level: medium

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