Access To .Reg/.Hive Files By Uncommon Applications

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects file access requests to files ending with either the ".hive"/".reg" extension, usually associated with Windows Registry backups.

Severity

Attention

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "File Created or Modified" AND (FILENAME endswith ".hive,.reg" OR OBJECTNAME endswith ".hive,.reg") AND PROCESSNAME notstartswith "C:\Program Files (x86)\,C:\Program Files\,C:\Windows\System32\,C:\Windows\SysWOW64" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.FILENAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

frack113