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Uncommon Persistence via Registry Modification
Detects changes to registry persistence keys that are not commonly used or modified by legitimate programs. This could be an indication of an adversary's attempt to persist in a stealthy manner.
Detection Logic
registry where event.action== "modification" and
registry.data.strings != null and not user.id : ("S-1-5-18", "S-1-5-19", "S-1-5-20") and
(
(process.code_signature.trusted == false or process.code_signature.exists == false) or
process.name : ("reg.exe", "rundll32.exe", "regsvr32.exe", "powershell.exe", "mshta.exe", "cscript.exe", "wscript.exe") or
process.executable : ("?:\\Users\\Public\\*", "?:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\*")
)
and
registry.path : (
"HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\Load",
"HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\Run",
"HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon\\Shell",
"HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon\\Shell",
"HKEY_USERS\\*\\Environment\\UserInitMprLogonScript",
"HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon\\Userinit",
"HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System\\Shell",
"HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\System\\Scripts\\Logoff\\Script",
"HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\System\\Scripts\\Logon\\Script",
"HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\System\\Scripts\\Shutdown\\Script",
"HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\System\\Scripts\\Startup\\Script",
"HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Ctf\\LangBarAddin\\*\\FilePath",
"HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Extensions\\*\\Exec",
"HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Command Processor\\Autorun") and
not process.executable : "?:\\Program Files (x86)\\ASUS\\OOBERegBackup\\OOBERegBackup.exe" and
not (registry.value == "shell" and registry.data.strings : "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\KioWare Client Platform\\KioWare Client.exe -Shell -LogOffExit") and
not (registry.value == "Shell" and registry.data.strings : "*\\Windows\\System32\\ImagineOneLauncherv3.exe*") Field Validations
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