Reg Add Suspicious Paths
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects when an adversary uses the reg.exe utility to add or modify new keys or subkeys
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1:
actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\reg.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "reg.exe") AND COMMANDLINE contains "\AppDataLow\Software\Microsoft\,\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\OOBE,\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon,\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\Currentversion\Winlogon,\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\WDigest,\Microsoft\Windows Defender"
select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.ORIGINALFILENAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSID,Action1.PROCESSID,Action1.PRODUCT_NAME,Action1.SECURITYID
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
