Integrating Sysmon to detect fileless malware

Malicious code that operates directly within a computer’s memory rather than the hard drive is known as fileless malware. It is “fileless” in the sense that no files are downloaded to your hard drive when your machine is infected. This makes it more difficult to detect using traditional antivirus or anti-malware tools, which primarily scan disk files.

Sysmon is a device driver and Windows system service that provides advanced monitoring and logging capabilities. It was created by Microsoft’s Sysinternals team to monitor various aspects of system activity, such as processes, network connections, and file changes. While Sysmon does not specifically focus on detecting fileless malware, its comprehensive monitoring capabilities can undoubtedly assist in identifying and mitigating the impact of fileless malware attacks. We can enhance Wazuh’s malware detection capabilities by installing Sysmon on each Windows...