Add Debugger Entry To Hangs Key For Persistence

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects when an attacker adds a new "Debugger" value to the "Hangs" key in order to achieve persistence which will get invoked when an application crashes

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND OBJECTNAME contains "\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\Hangs\Debugger" OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\Hangs" AND OBJECTVALUENAME startswith "Debugger") 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)