Attempt To Tamper the Audit Policy

Last updated on:

Applies to: Log360Log360 Cloud

About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the use of auditpol binary to change audit policy configuration to impair the detection capability.

Severity

Critical

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND ((COMMANDLINE contains "/disable" OR COMMANDLINE contains "/clear" OR COMMANDLINE contains "/remove" OR COMMANDLINE contains "/restore") AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "auditpol.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME contains "auditpol")) 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