ETW Logging Disabled For SCM

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects changes to the "TracingDisabled" key in order to disable ETW logging for services.exe (SCM)

Severity

Attention

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND (OBJECTNAME endswith "Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\SCM\Regular\TracingDisabled" OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\SCM\Regular" AND OBJECTVALUENAME = "TracingDisabled")) AND (INFORMATION = "DWORD (0x00000001)" OR (CHANGES = 1 AND NEWTYPE = "REG_DWORD")) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)