Security Event Logging Disabled via MiniNt Registry Key - Process
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects attempts to disable security event logging by adding the `MiniNt` registry key.
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1:
actionname = "Process started" AND (( PROCESSNAME endswith "\reg.exe,\powershell_ise.exe,\powershell.exe,\pwsh.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "reg.exe,powershell_ise.exe,PowerShell.exe,pwsh.dll" ) AND ( COMMANDLINE contains "add,New-Item,'ni'" AND COMMANDLINE contains "\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MiniNt" ))
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)
