Security Monitoring: A service was Created on a Domain Controller

Security.Monitoring.SecurityMonitoring.Event.ServiceCreatedonDC (Rule)

This rule tracks the creation of a service on a domain controller. There are overridable properties for up to 5 applications so as to reduce noise.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Server.DC.Computer
CategoryAlert
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityNormal
RemotableTrue
Alert Message
Security Monitoring: A service was Created on a Domain Controller
A service was created on a domain controller. This should be investigated to ensure that this service is a legitimate application.
Event Description: {0}

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DS DataSource SecurityMonitoringMP.DCServiceCreation.DS Default
Alert WriteAction System.Health.GenerateAlert Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Security.Monitoring.SecurityMonitoring.Event.ServiceCreatedonDC" Target="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Server.DC.Computer" Enabled="true" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">
<Category>Alert</Category>
<DataSources>
<DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="SecurityMonitoringMP.DCServiceCreation.DS">
<App1>Thisisavalueyoucanreplacewithsomethinginyourenvironment</App1>
<App2>Thisisavalueyoucanreplacewithsomethinginyourenvironment</App2>
<App3>Thisisavalueyoucanreplacewithsomethinginyourenvironment</App3>
<App4>Thisisavalueyoucanreplacewithsomethinginyourenvironment</App4>
<App5>Thisisavalueyoucanreplacewithsomethinginyourenvironment</App5>
</DataSource>
</DataSources>
<WriteActions>
<WriteAction ID="Alert" TypeID="Health!System.Health.GenerateAlert">
<Priority>1</Priority>
<Severity>2</Severity>
<AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="Security.Monitoring.SecurityMonitoring.Event.ServiceCreatedonDC.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>
<AlertParameters>
<AlertParameter1>$Data[Default='']/EventDescription$</AlertParameter1>
<AlertParameter2>$Data/LoggingComputer$</AlertParameter2>
<AlertParameter3>$Data/UserName$</AlertParameter3>
</AlertParameters>
<Suppression/>
<Custom1/>
<Custom2/>
<Custom3/>
<Custom4/>
<Custom5/>
<Custom6/>
<Custom7/>
<Custom8/>
<Custom9/>
<Custom10>Security Monitoring Credible Threats</Custom10>
</WriteAction>
</WriteActions>
</Rule>