Important Windows Eventlog Cleared
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects the clearing of one of the Windows Core Eventlogs. e.g. caused by "wevtutil cl" command execution
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Event logs cleared" AND SOURCE = "Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog" AND TYPE = "Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell/Operational,Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational,PowerShellCore/Operational,Security,System,Windows PowerShell" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.USERNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Tim Shelton, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
