RedMimicry Registry Modification Activity

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Identifies registry changes indicative of RedMimicry/Winnti activity, potentially used for persistence or defense evasion.

Severity

Attention

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry Event" AND (ACCESSES = "objectcreated,SetValue" AND OBJECTNAME contains "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.OBJECTVALUENAME,Action1.ACCESSES,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES,Action1.INFORMATION

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

@Alexander Rausch