title: Taskmgr as Parent
status: experimental
description: Detects the creation of a process from Windows task manager
author: Florian Roth
date: 2018/03/13
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: sysmon
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 1
        ParentImage: '*\taskmgr.exe'
    filter:
        Image: 
            - 'resmon.exe'
            - 'mmc.exe'
    condition: selection and not filter
fields:
    - Image
    - CommandLine
    - ParentCommandLine
falsepositives:
    - Administrative activity
level: low