Systems and methods for protecting services

A system for protecting services, the system comprising:

• a memory;
• an identification module, stored in the memory, programmed to:
• identify a service control manager, the service control manager having access to modify a configuration of at least one service;
• identify a request from a process for permission to access the configuration of the service;
• an authentication module, stored in the memory, programmed to, in response to the request:
• authenticate the process based on at least one attribute of the process;
• provide an authentication token to the process, the authentication token authenticating the process;
• an interception module, stored in the memory, programmed to intercept an attempt by the process to access the configuration of the service via the service control manager at least in part by intercepting an attempt by the process to access a configuration of a false service identified by the authentication token, the attempt using the authentication token to identify the false service instead of using an identifier of the service to identify the service;
• a validation module, stored in the memory, programmed to:
• in response to the attempt, validate the authentication token;
• in response to validating the authentication token, allow the process to access the configuration of the service;
• at least one physical processor configured to execute the identification module, the authentication module, the interception module, and the validation module.

A non-transitory computer-readable-storage medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• identify a service control manager, the service control manager having access to modify a configuration of at least one service;
• identify a request from a process for permission to access the configuration of the service;
• in response to the request:
• authenticate the process based on at least one attribute of the process;
• provide an authentication token to the process, the authentication token authenticating the process;
• intercept an attempt by the process to access the configuration of the service via the service control manager at least in part by intercepting an attempt by the process to access a configuration of a false service identified by the authentication token, the attempt using the authentication token to identify the false service instead of using an identifier of the service to identify the service;
• in response to the attempt, validate the authentication token;
• in response to validating the authentication token, allow the process to access the configuration of the service.