EventLog Autologger Session Registry Modification Via CommandLine
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects reg.exe modifying the EventLog AutoLogger registry path to disable event tracing sessions, blinding SIEM and EDR tools.
Severity
Attention
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1:
actionname = "Process started" AND ( PROCESSNAME endswith "\reg.exe,\powershell.exe,\pwsh.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "reg.exe,PowerShell.EXE,pwsh.dll" ) AND COMMANDLINE contains "add ,Set-ItemProperty,New-ItemProperty,si " AND COMMANDLINE contains "\Control\WMI\Autologger" AND COMMANDLINE contains "Start,Enabled"
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
@Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
