Access To .Reg/.Hive Files By Uncommon Applications
Detects file access requests to files ending with either the ".hive"/".reg" extension, usually associated with Windows Registry backups.
Hunting test file_access windows - - lowfrack113 2023-09-15 2024-07-29 337a31c6-46c4-46be-886a-260d7aa78cac
1 Activate Suppression of Windows Security Center Notifications
Detect set Notification_Suppress to 1 to disable the Windows security center notification
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumfrack113 2022-08-19 2023-08-17 0c93308a-3f1b-40a9-b649-57ea1a1c1d63
1 Add DisallowRun Execution to Registry
Detect set DisallowRun to 1 to prevent user running specific computer program
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumfrack113 2022-08-19 2023-08-17 275641a5-a492-45e2-a817-7c81e9d9d3e9
1 Allow RDP Remote Assistance Feature
Detect enable rdp feature to allow specific user to rdp connect on the targeted machine
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumfrack113 2022-08-19 2023-08-17 37b437cf-3fc5-4c8e-9c94-1d7c9aff842b
1 Allow Service Access Using Security Descriptor Tampering Via Sc.EXE
Detects suspicious DACL modifications to allow access to a service from a suspicious trustee. (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2023-02-28 2025-10-22 6c8fbee5-dee8-49bc-851d-c3142d02aa47
3 AppLocker Application Would Have Been Blocked
Detects when AppLocker "Audit only" enforcement mode reports that an Application, DLL, Script, MSI, or Packaged-App would have been blocked if AppLocker "Enforce rules" enforcement mode was enabled.
Generic experimental - windows AppLocker - mediumheyyanu 2026-03-26 — 557e3bd3-7f21-495d-8d50-7c8bdfb8041c
4 AppLocker Prevented Application or Script from Running
Detects when AppLocker prevents the execution of an Application, DLL, Script, MSI, or Packaged-App from running.
Generic test - windows AppLocker - mediumPushkarev Dmitry 2020-06-28 2025-12-03 401e5d00-b944-11ea-8f9a-00163ecd60ae
3 APT29 2018 Phishing Campaign CommandLine Indicators
Detects indicators of APT 29 (Cozy Bear) phishing-campaign as reported by mandiant
Emerging stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - criticalFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), @41thexplorer 2018-11-20 2023-03-08 7453575c-a747-40b9-839b-125a0aae324b
3 APT29 2018 Phishing Campaign File Indicators
Detects indicators of APT 29 (Cozy Bear) phishing-campaign as reported by mandiant
Emerging stable file_event windows Sysmon - critical@41thexplorer 2018-11-20 2023-02-20 3a3f81ca-652c-482b-adeb-b1c804727f74
2 APT29 Google Update Service Install
This method detects malicious services mentioned in APT29 report by FireEye. (...)
Unsupported unsupported process_creation windows WinEventLog System - highThomas Patzke 2017-11-01 2022-03-21 c069f460-2b87-4010-8dcf-e45bab362624
1 Automated Turla Group Lateral Movement
Detects automated lateral movement by Turla group
Unsupported unsupported process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumMarkus Neis 2017-11-07 2023-02-24 75925535-ca97-4e0a-a850-00b5c00779dc
1 AWS EC2 Startup Shell Script Change
Detects changes to the EC2 instance startup script. (...)
Generic test cloud_audit - AWS CloudTrail · AWS - highfaloker 2020-02-12 2022-06-07 1ab3c5ed-5baf-417b-bb6b-78ca33f6c3df
1 Axios NPM Compromise Indicators - Windows
Detects the specific Windows execution chain and process tree associated with the Axios NPM supply chain compromise. (...)
Emerging experimental process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highSwachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2026-04-01 — f6c27ecc-d890-4452-80e6-2e274a10e097
5 Bad Opsec Defaults Sacrificial Processes With Improper Arguments
Detects attackers using tooling with bad opsec defaults. (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highOleg Kolesnikov @securonix invrep_de, oscd.community, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems) 2020-10-23 2024-08-15 a7c3d773-caef-227e-a7e7-c2f13c622329
7 Base64 Encoded PowerShell Command Detected
Detects usage of the "FromBase64String" function in the commandline which is used to decode a base64 (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems) 2020-01-29 2023-01-26 e32d4572-9826-4738-b651-95fa63747e8a
1 Bitbucket User Details Export Attempt Detected
Detects user data export activity.
Generic test cloud_audit - Bitbucket Audit · Bitbucket - mediumMuhammad Faisal (@faisalusuf) 2024-02-25 — 5259cbf2-0a75-48bf-b57a-c54d6fabaef3
2 Bitbucket User Permissions Export Attempt
Detects user permission data export attempt.
Generic test cloud_audit - Bitbucket Audit · Bitbucket - mediumMuhammad Faisal (@faisalusuf) 2024-02-25 — 87cc6698-3e07-4ba2-9b43-a85a73e151e2
2 Blackbyte Ransomware Registry
Detects specific windows registry modifications made by BlackByte ransomware variants. (...)
Emerging test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highfrack113 2022-01-24 2025-10-21 83314318-052a-4c90-a1ad-660ece38d276
2 Blue Mockingbird
Attempts to detect system changes made by Blue Mockingbird
Emerging test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highTrent Liffick (@tliffick) 2020-05-14 2022-10-09 c3198a27-23a0-4c2c-af19-e5328d49680e
1 Blue Mockingbird - Registry
Attempts to detect system changes made by Blue Mockingbird
Emerging test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highTrent Liffick (@tliffick) 2020-05-14 2023-08-17 92b0b372-a939-44ed-a11b-5136cf680e27
1 Capabilities Discovery - Linux
Detects usage of "getcap" binary. (...)
Generic test process_creation linux Sysmon - lowNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2022-12-28 2026-01-24 d8d97d51-122d-4cdd-9e2f-01b4b4933530
3 Certificate Exported Via Certutil.EXE
Detects the execution of the certutil with the "exportPFX" flag which allows the utility to export certificates.
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Jonhnathan Ribeiro, oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2023-02-15 2024-03-05 3ffd6f51-e6c1-47b7-94b4-c1e61d4117c5
1 Change the Fax Dll
Detect possible persistence using Fax DLL load when service restart
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highfrack113 2022-07-17 2022-12-30 9e3357ba-09d4-4fbd-a7c5-ad6386314513
2 Change User Account Associated with the FAX Service
Detect change of the user account associated with the FAX service to avoid the escalation problem.
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highfrack113 2022-07-17 2022-12-30 e3fdf743-f05b-4051-990a-b66919be1743
2 Splunk
Cisco ASA - Reconnaissance Command Activity
This analytic detects potential reconnaissance activities on Cisco ASA devices by identifying execution of multiple information-gathering "show" commands within a short timeframe. (...)
Anomaly stable firewall - Cisco Secure Firewall · Cisco - mediumNasreddine Bencherchali, Splunk 2025-11-21 2026-05-13 6e9d4f7a-3c8b-4a9e-8d2f-7b5c9e1a6f3d
1 Cisco Discovery
Find information about network devices that is not stored in config files
Generic test authentication - Cisco AAA · Cisco - lowAustin Clark 2019-08-12 2023-01-04 9705a6a1-6db6-4a16-a987-15b7151e299b
1 Splunk
Cisco IOS XE Reconnaissance Command Activity
This analytic detects bursts of Cisco IOS or NX-OS discovery commands associated with Salt Typhoon tradecraft. (...)
Anomaly stable network_device - Cisco IOS · Cisco - mediumNasreddine Bencherchali 2026-05-19 2026-05-20 71ac5328-2364-40cf-8381-92b8dc531399
2 Splunk
Cisco Secure Firewall - Lumma Stealer Activity
This analytic detects Lumma Stealer activity using Cisco Secure Firewall Intrusion Events. (...)
Generic stable firewall - Cisco Secure Firewall · Cisco - mediumNasreddine Bencherchali, Splunk, Talos NTDR 2025-04-16 2026-05-13 96bce783-c22e-4e48-8cf1-3eb2794c5083
1 Splunk
Cisco Secure Firewall - Repeated Malware Downloads
The following analytic detects repeated malware file downloads initiated by the same internal host (src) within a short time window. (...)
Anomaly stable firewall - Cisco Secure Firewall · Cisco - mediumNasreddine Bencherchali, Splunk 2025-04-09 2026-09-22 aeff2bb5-3483-48d4-9be8-c8976194be1e
1 Splunk
Cisco Secure Firewall - Snort Rule Triggered Across Multiple Hosts
This analytic identifies Snort intrusion signatures that have been triggered by ten or more distinct internal IP addresses within a one-hour window. (...)
Anomaly stable firewall - Cisco Secure Firewall · Cisco - mediumNasreddine Bencherchali, Splunk 2025-04-16 2026-05-13 a4c76d0a-56b6-44be-814b-939746c4d406
1 ClickOnce Trust Prompt Tampering
Detects changes to the ClickOnce trust prompt registry key in order to enable an installation from different locations such as the Internet.
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - medium@SerkinValery, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2023-06-12 2023-08-17 ac9159cc-c364-4304-8f0a-d63fc1a0aabb
2 Splunk
CMD Carry Out String Command Parameter
The following analytic detects the use of `cmd.exe /c` to execute commands, a technique often employed by adversaries and malware to run batch commands or invoke other shells like PowerShell. (...)
Hunting stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security · CrowdStrike mediumTeoderick Contreras, Bhavin Patel, Splunk 2021-10-21 2026-05-13 54a6ed00-3256-11ec-b031-acde48001122
2 Splunk
CMD Echo Pipe - Escalation
The following analytic identifies the use of named-pipe impersonation for privilege escalation, commonly associated with Cobalt Strike and similar frameworks. (...)
Generic stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security · CrowdStrike - mediumMichael Haag, Splunk 2021-05-27 2026-05-13 eb277ba0-b96b-11eb-b00e-acde48001122
2 CMD Shell Output Redirect
Detects the use of the redirection character ">" to redirect information on the command line. (...)
Hunting test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - lowfrack113 2022-01-22 2024-03-19 4f4eaa9f-5ad4-410c-a4be-bc6132b0175a
1 CobaltStrike Load by Rundll32
Rundll32 can be use by Cobalt Strike with StartW function to load DLLs from the command line.
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highWojciech Lesicki 2021-06-01 2022-09-16 ae9c6a7c-9521-42a6-915e-5aaa8689d529
3 CobaltStrike Service Installations - Security
Detects known malicious service installs that appear in cases in which a Cobalt Strike beacon elevat (...)
Generic test service windows WinEventLog Security - highFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Wojciech Lesicki 2021-05-26 2022-11-27 d7a95147-145f-4678-b85d-d1ff4a3bb3f6
3 CobaltStrike Service Installations - System
Detects known malicious service installs that appear in cases in which a Cobalt Strike beacon elevat (...)
Generic test service windows WinEventLog System - criticalFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Wojciech Lesicki 2021-05-26 2022-11-27 5a105d34-05fc-401e-8553-272b45c1522d
3 Code Execution via Pcwutl.dll
Detects launch of executable by calling the LaunchApplication function from pcwutl.dll library.
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumJulia Fomina, oscd.community 2020-10-05 2023-02-09 9386d78a-7207-4048-9c9f-a93a7c2d1c05
2 Command Line Execution with Suspicious URL and AppData Strings
Detects a suspicious command line execution that includes an URL and AppData string in the command l (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Jonhnathan Ribeiro, oscd.community 2019-01-16 2021-11-27 1ac8666b-046f-4201-8aba-1951aaec03a3
2 Conhost.exe CommandLine Path Traversal
detects the usage of path traversal in conhost.exe indicating possible command/argument confusion/hi (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2022-06-14 — ee5e119b-1f75-4b34-add8-3be976961e39
1 Container Residence Discovery Via Proc Virtual FS
Detects potential container discovery via listing of certain kernel features in the "/proc" virtual (...)
Generic test process_creation linux Sysmon - lowSeth Hanford 2023-08-23 — 746c86fb-ccda-4816-8997-01386263acc4
2 ConvertTo-SecureString Cmdlet Usage Via CommandLine
Detects usage of the "ConvertTo-SecureString" cmdlet via the commandline. (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumTeymur Kheirkhabarov (idea), Vasiliy Burov (rule), oscd.community, Tim Shelton 2020-10-11 2023-02-01 74403157-20f5-415d-89a7-c505779585cf
2 CosmicDuke Service Installation
Detects the installation of a service named "javamtsup" on the system. (...)
Emerging test service windows WinEventLog Security - criticalFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community (update) 2017-03-27 2022-10-09 cb062102-587e-4414-8efa-dbe3c7bf19c6
1 CrashControl CrashDump Disabled
Detects disabling the CrashDump per registry (as used by HermeticWiper)
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumTobias Michalski (Nextron Systems) 2022-02-24 2023-08-17 2ff692c2-4594-41ec-8fcb-46587de769e0
1 Splunk
CrushFTP Authentication Bypass Exploitation
The following analytic detects potential exploitation of the CrushFTP authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2025-31161). (...)
Generic stable file_event - CrushFTP mediumMichael Haag, Splunk 2025-04-14 2026-09-08 82eb7f64-d219-4e21-acfe-956de84c1a35
3 Splunk
Curl Execution with Percent Encoded URL
The following analytic detects the execution of the curl utility where the command line includes percent-encoded characters and explicit file output options (such as -o or --output). (...)
Anomaly stable process_creation windows · linux CrowdStrike · Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumNasreddine Bencherchali, Splunk 2026-03-03 2026-05-13 9a8d5516-4c5e-11ef-9d42-acde48001122
4 CVE-2020-1048 Exploitation Attempt - Suspicious New Printer Ports - Registry
Detects changes to the "Ports" registry key with data that includes a Windows path or a file with a suspicious extension. (...)
Emerging test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security highEagleEye Team, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), NVISO 2020-05-13 2024-03-25 7ec912f2-5175-4868-b811-ec13ad0f8567
1 Decode Base64 Encoded Text
Detects usage of base64 utility to decode arbitrary base64-encoded text
Generic test process_creation linux Sysmon - lowDaniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community 2020-10-19 2021-11-27 e2072cab-8c9a-459b-b63c-40ae79e27031
1 Decode Base64 Encoded Text -MacOs
Detects usage of base64 utility to decode arbitrary base64-encoded text
Generic test process_creation macos - - lowDaniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community 2020-10-19 2022-11-26 719c22d7-c11a-4f2c-93a6-2cfdd5412f68
1 Deny Service Access Using Security Descriptor Tampering Via Sc.EXE
Detects suspicious DACL modifications to deny access to a service that affects critical trustees. (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highJonhnathan Ribeiro, oscd.community 2020-10-16 2023-02-28 99cf1e02-00fb-4c0d-8375-563f978dfd37
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