Security Eventlog Cleared

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

One of the Windows Eventlogs has been cleared. e.g. caused by "wevtutil cl" command execution

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Event logs cleared" AND SOURCE = "Security,Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.USERNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)