Suspicious Speech Runtime Binary Child Process

Title: Suspicious Speech Runtime Binary Child Process
Status: experimental
Description:Detects suspicious Speech Runtime Binary Execution by monitoring its child processes. Child processes spawned by SpeechRuntime.exe could indicate an attempt for lateral movement via COM & DCOM hijacking.
References:
  -https://github.com/rtecCyberSec/SpeechRuntimeMove
Author: andrewdanis
Date: 2025-10-23
modified:None
Tags:

• -'attack.defense-evasion'
• -'attack.lateral-movement'
• -'attack.t1021.003'
• -'attack.t1218'

Logsource:

• category: process_creation
• product: windows

Detection:
  selection:
    ParentImage|endswith: '\SpeechRuntime.exe'
  condition:selection
Falsepositives:
  -Unlikely.
Level: high