Classes Autorun Keys Modification
Detects modification of Windows Registry Classes keys used for persistence. (...)
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumVictor Sergeev, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community, Tim Shelton, frack113 (split) 2019-10-25 2025-10-22 9df5f547-c86a-433e-b533-f2794357e242
3 Common Autorun Keys Modification
Detects modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry.
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumVictor Sergeev, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community, Tim Shelton, frack113 (split), wagga (name) 2019-10-25 2025-10-22 f59c3faf-50f3-464b-9f4c-1b67ab512d99
4 Creation Exe for Service with Unquoted Path
Adversaries may execute their own malicious payloads by hijacking vulnerable file path references. (...)
Generic test file_event windows Sysmon - highfrack113 2021-12-30 — 8c3c76ca-8f8b-4b1d-aaf3-81aebcd367c9
1 CurrentControlSet Autorun Keys Modification
Detects modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry.
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumVictor Sergeev, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community, Tim Shelton, frack113 (split) 2019-10-25 2023-08-17 f674e36a-4b91-431e-8aef-f8a96c2aca35
3 CurrentVersion Autorun Keys Modification
Detects modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry.
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumVictor Sergeev, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community, Tim Shelton, frack113 (split) 2019-10-25 2025-10-22 20f0ee37-5942-4e45-b7d5-c5b5db9df5cd
4 CurrentVersion NT Autorun Keys Modification
Detects modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry.
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumVictor Sergeev, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community, Tim Shelton, frack113 (split) 2019-10-25 2025-10-22 cbf93e5d-ca6c-4722-8bea-e9119007c248
3 Desktop.INI Created by Uncommon Process
Detects unusual processes accessing desktop.ini, which can be leveraged to alter how Explorer displays a folder's content (i.e. (...)
Generic test file_event windows Sysmon - mediumMaxime Thiebaut (@0xThiebaut), Tim Shelton (HAWK.IO) 2020-03-19 2025-12-09 81315b50-6b60-4d8f-9928-3466e1022515
1 Direct Autorun Keys Modification
Detects direct modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry using reg.exe.
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumVictor Sergeev, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community, Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2019-10-25 2026-01-05 24357373-078f-44ed-9ac4-6d334a668a11
2 External Disk Drive Or USB Storage Device Was Recognized By The System
Detects external disk drives or plugged-in USB devices.
Generic test - windows WinEventLog Security - lowKeith Wright 2019-11-20 2024-02-09 f69a87ea-955e-4fb4-adb2-bb9fd6685632
1 File Creation In Suspicious Directory By Msdt.EXE
Detects msdt.exe creating files in suspicious directories which could be a sign of exploitation of e (...)
Generic test file_event windows Sysmon highVadim Varganov, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) 2022-08-24 2023-02-23 318557a5-150c-4c8d-b70e-a9910e199857
2 Forest Blizzard APT - Custom Protocol Handler Creation
Detects the setting of a custom protocol handler with the name "rogue". (...)
Emerging test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security highNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2024-04-23 — 5cdeb555-65de-4767-99fe-e26807465148
1 Forest Blizzard APT - Custom Protocol Handler DLL Registry Set
Detects the setting of the DLL that handles the custom protocol handler. (...)
Emerging test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security highNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2024-04-23 — d807056b-0e00-4cec-b7f8-b8b7518e382b
1 Internet Explorer Autorun Keys Modification
Detects modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry.
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumVictor Sergeev, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community, Tim Shelton, frack113 (split) 2019-10-25 2023-08-17 a80f662f-022f-4429-9b8c-b1a41aaa6688
3 Kapeka Backdoor Autorun Persistence
Detects the setting of a new value in the Autorun key that is used by the Kapeka backdoor for persistence.
Emerging test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highSwachchhanda Shrawan Poudel 2024-07-03 — c0c67b21-eb8a-4c84-a395-40473ec3b482
2 Leviathan Registry Key Activity
Detects registry key used by Leviathan APT in Malaysian focused campaign
Emerging test registry_event windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - criticalAidan Bracher 2020-07-07 2023-09-19 70d43542-cd2d-483c-8f30-f16b436fd7db
1 Modify User Shell Folders Startup Value
Detect modification of the User Shell Folders registry values for Startup or Common Startup which could indicate persistence attempts. (...)
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highfrack113, Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2022-10-01 2026-01-05 9c226817-8dc9-46c2-a58d-66655aafd7dc
2 Narrator's Feedback-Hub Persistence
Detects abusing Windows 10 Narrator's Feedback-Hub
Generic test registry_event windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highDmitriy Lifanov, oscd.community 2019-10-25 2022-03-26 f663a6d9-9d1b-49b8-b2b1-0637914d199a
1 New Custom Shim Database Created
Adversaries may establish persistence and/or elevate privileges by executing malicious content triggered by application shims. (...)
Generic test file_event windows Sysmon - mediumfrack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2021-12-29 2023-12-06 ee63c85c-6d51-4d12-ad09-04e25877a947
4 New RUN Key Pointing to Suspicious Folder
Detects suspicious new RUN key element pointing to an executable in a suspicious folder
Generic experimental registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Markus Neis, Sander Wiebing, Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2018-08-25 2025-10-06 02ee49e2-e294-4d0f-9278-f5b3212fc588
2 Office Autorun Keys Modification
Detects modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry. (...)
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumVictor Sergeev, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community, Tim Shelton, frack113 (split) 2019-10-25 2026-08-28 baecf8fb-edbf-429f-9ade-31fc3f22b970
3 Potential KamiKakaBot Activity - Winlogon Shell Persistence
Detects changes to the "Winlogon" registry key where a process will set the value of the "Shell" to a value that was observed being used by KamiKakaBot samples in order to achieve persistence.
Emerging test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), X__Junior 2024-03-22 — c9b86500-1ec2-4de6-9120-d744c8fb5caf
1 Potential Persistence Attempt Via Run Keys Using Reg.EXE
Detects suspicious command line reg.exe tool adding key to RUN key in Registry
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2021-06-28 2025-02-17 de587dce-915e-4218-aac4-835ca6af6f70
3 Potential Ryuk Ransomware Activity
Detects Ryuk ransomware activity
Emerging stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Vasiliy Burov, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2019-12-16 2023-02-03 c37510b8-2107-4b78-aa32-72f251e7a844
2 Potential Startup Shortcut Persistence Via PowerShell.EXE
Detects PowerShell writing startup shortcuts. (...)
Generic test file_event windows Sysmon - highChristopher Peacock '@securepeacock', SCYTHE 2021-10-24 2023-02-23 92fa78e7-4d39-45f1-91a3-8b23f3f1088d
2 Potential Suspicious Activity Using SeCEdit
Detects potential suspicious behaviour using secedit.exe. (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumJanantha Marasinghe 2022-11-18 2022-12-30 c2c76b77-32be-4d1f-82c9-7e544bdfe0eb
2 Splunk
Registry Keys Used For Persistence
The following analytic identifies modifications to registry keys commonly used for persistence mechanisms. (...)
Generic stable registry_event windows Sysmon - mediumJose Hernandez, David Dorsey, Teoderick Contreras, Rod Soto, Splunk 2020-04-29 2026-10-09 f5f6af30-7aa7-4295-bfe9-07fe87c01a4b
1 Registry Persistence via Explorer Run Key
Detects a possible persistence mechanism using RUN key for Windows Explorer and pointing to a suspic (...)
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), oscd.community 2018-07-18 2023-12-11 b7916c2a-fa2f-4795-9477-32b731f70f11
1 Registry Set With Crypto-Classes From The "Cryptography" PowerShell Namespace
Detects the setting of a registry inside the "\Shell\Open\Command" value with PowerShell classes from the "System.Security.Cryptography" namespace. (...)
Hunting test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumAndreas Braathen (mnemonic.io) 2023-12-01 — 1c2a3268-3881-414a-80af-a5b313b14c0e
2 Session Manager Autorun Keys Modification
Detects modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry.
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumVictor Sergeev, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community, Tim Shelton, frack113 (split) 2019-10-25 2023-08-17 046218bd-e0d8-4113-a3c3-895a12b2b298
3 Silence.Downloader V3
Detects Silence downloader. (...)
Unsupported unsupported process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highAlina Stepchenkova, Roman Rezvukhin, Group-IB, oscd.community 2019-11-01 2023-02-24 170901d1-de11-4de7-bccb-8fa13678d857
- Startup Folder File Write
A General detection for files being created in the Windows startup directory. (...)
Generic test file_event windows Sysmon - mediumRoberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g), OTR (Open Threat Research) 2020-05-02 2025-12-03 2aa0a6b4-a865-495b-ab51-c28249537b75
2 Suspicious Autorun Registry Modified via WMI
Detects suspicious activity where the WMIC process is used to create an autorun registry entry via reg.exe, which is often indicative of persistence mechanisms employed by malware.
Generic experimental process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highSwachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2025-02-17 — c80e66d8-1780-48a9-b412-46663fd21ac0
2 Suspicious PowerShell In Registry Run Keys
Detects potential PowerShell commands or code within registry run keys
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumfrack113, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) 2022-03-17 2025-07-18 8d85cf08-bf97-4260-ba49-986a2a65129c
3 Suspicious Run Key from Download
Detects the suspicious RUN keys created by software located in Download or temporary Outlook/Interne (...)
Generic test registry_event windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Swachchhanda Shrawan Poude (Nextron Systems) 2019-10-01 2025-02-17 9c5037d1-c568-49b3-88c7-9846a5bdc2be
2 Suspicious Startup Folder Persistence
Detects the creation of potentially malicious script and executable files in Windows startup folders, which is a common persistence technique used by threat actors. (...)
Generic test file_event windows Sysmon - highNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2022-08-10 2025-10-12 28208707-fe31-437f-9a7f-4b1108b94d2e
3 Suspicious VBScript UN2452 Pattern
Detects suspicious inline VBScript keywords as used by UNC2452
Emerging test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems) 2021-03-05 2022-10-09 20c3f09d-c53d-4e85-8b74-6aa50e2f1b61
1 System Scripts Autorun Keys Modification
Detects modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry.
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumVictor Sergeev, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community, Tim Shelton, frack113 (split) 2019-10-25 2023-08-17 e7a2fd40-3ae1-4a85-bf80-15cf624fb1b1
3 User Shell Folders Registry Modification via CommandLine
Detects modifications to User Shell Folders registry values via reg.exe or PowerShell, which could indicate persistence attempts. (...)
Generic experimental process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highSwachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2026-01-05 — 8f3ab69a-aa22-4943-aa58-e0a52fdf6818
1 VBScript Payload Stored in Registry
Detects VBScript content stored into registry keys as seen being used by UNC2452 group
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems) 2021-03-05 2023-08-17 46490193-1b22-4c29-bdd6-5bf63907216f
1 Splunk
Windows Boot or Logon Autostart Execution In Startup Folder
The following analytic detects the creation of files in the Windows %startup% folder, a common persistence technique. (...)
Anomaly stable file_event windows Sysmon - mediumTeoderick Contreras, Splunk 2023-01-16 2026-07-20 99d157cb-923f-4a00-aee9-1f385412146f
2 Windows Event Log Access Tampering Via Registry
Detects changes to the Windows EventLog channel permission values. (...)
Generic experimental registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highX__Junior 2025-01-16 2025-08-16 ba226dcf-d390-4642-b9af-b534872f1156
3 Windows Network Access Suspicious desktop.ini Action
Detects unusual processes accessing desktop.ini remotely over network share, which can be leveraged to alter how Explorer displays a folder's content (i.e. (...)
Generic test network_connection windows WinEventLog Security - mediumTim Shelton (HAWK.IO) 2021-12-06 2022-01-16 35bc7e28-ee6b-492f-ab04-da58fcf6402e
1 Splunk
Windows NorthStar C2 Agent Execution
Detects the initial agent or persistent agent processes for Northstar C2 being run. (...)
Generic stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security · CrowdStrike - mediumRaven Tait, Splunk 2021-06-23 2026-05-13 5f13d5b2-5181-487b-89eb-e2b471522202
1 Splunk
Windows PowerShell MSIX Package Installation
The following analytic detects the execution of PowerShell commands to install unsigned AppX packages using Add-AppxPackage or Add-AppPackage cmdlets with the -AllowUnsigned flag. (...)
Generic stable ps_script windows PowerShell - mediumMichael Haag, Splunk 2025-08-18 2026-05-13 d2f77901-dbfa-42d9-8af7-dcd0f1a50a2f
7 Splunk
Windows Process Executed From Removable Media
This analytic is used to identify when a removable media device is attached to a machine and then a process is executed from the same drive letter assigned to the removable media device. (...)
Anomaly stable process_creation windows Sysmon - mediumSteven Dick 2025-01-17 2026-05-13 b483804a-4cc0-49a4-9f00-ac29ba844d08
3 Splunk
Windows Registry BootExecute Modification
The following analytic detects modifications to the BootExecute registry key, which manages applications and services executed during system boot. (...)
Generic stable registry_event windows Sysmon mediumMichael Haag, Teoderick Contreras, Splunk 2023-05-11 2026-10-02 eabbac3a-45aa-4659-920f-6b8cff383fb8
2 Splunk
Windows Registry Modification for Safe Mode Persistence
The following analytic identifies modifications to the SafeBoot registry keys, specifically within the Minimal and Network paths. (...)
Generic stable registry_event windows Sysmon - mediumTeoderick Contreras, Michael Haag, Splunk 2022-03-31 2026-10-02 c6149154-c9d8-11eb-9da7-acde48001122
6 Splunk
Windows Replication Through Removable Media
The following analytic detects the creation or dropping of executable or script files in the root directory of a removable drive. (...)
Generic stable file_event windows Sysmon - mediumTeoderick Contreras, Splunk 2023-01-18 2026-05-13 60df805d-4605-41c8-bbba-57baa6a4eb97
2 Splunk
Windows USBSTOR Registry Key Modification
This analytic is used to identify when a USB removable media device is attached to a Windows host. (...)
Anomaly stable registry_event windows Sysmon - mediumSteven Dick 2025-01-17 2026-05-13 a345980a-417d-4ed3-9fb4-cac30c9405a0
3 Splunk
Windows WPDBusEnum Registry Key Modification
This analytic is used to identify when a USB removable media device is attached to a Windows host. (...)
Anomaly stable registry_event windows Sysmon - mediumSteven Dick 2025-01-17 2026-05-13 52b48e8b-eb6e-48b0-b8f1-73273f6b134e
3