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 Active Directory Certificate Services Denied Certificate Enrollment Request
Detects denied requests by Active Directory Certificate Services. (...)
Generic test - windows WinEventLog System - low@SerkinValery 2024-03-07 — 994bfd6d-0a2e-481e-a861-934069fcf5f5
2 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 ADS Zone.Identifier Deleted
Detects the deletion of the "Zone.Identifier" ADS. (...)
Hunting test file_delete windows Sysmon - lowfrack113 2023-09-04 — 7eac0a16-5832-4e81-865f-0268a6d19e4b
1 ADS Zone.Identifier Deleted By Uncommon Application
Detects the deletion of the "Zone.Identifier" ADS by an uncommon process. (...)
Generic test file_delete windows Sysmon - mediumNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2023-09-04 2025-07-04 3109530e-ab47-4cc6-a953-cac5ebcc93ae
2 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 Always Install Elevated MSI Spawned Cmd And Powershell
Detects Windows Installer service (msiexec.exe) spawning "cmd" or "powershell"
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumTeymur Kheirkhabarov (idea), Mangatas Tondang (rule), oscd.community 2020-10-13 2022-10-20 1e53dd56-8d83-4eb4-a43e-b790a05510aa
1 Always Install Elevated Parent Child Correlated
This rule will looks any process with low privilege launching Windows Installer service (msiexec.exe (...)
Unsupported unsupported process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highTeymur Kheirkhabarov (idea), Mangatas Tondang (rule), oscd.community 2020-10-13 — 078235c5-6ec5-48e7-94b2-f8b5474379ea
1 Always Install Elevated Windows Installer
Detects Windows Installer service (msiexec.exe) trying to install MSI packages with SYSTEM privilege
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumTeymur Kheirkhabarov (idea), Mangatas Tondang (rule), oscd.community 2020-10-13 2024-12-01 cd951fdc-4b2f-47f5-ba99-a33bf61e3770
1 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 AppX Package Installation Attempts Via AppInstaller.EXE
Detects DNS queries made by "AppInstaller.EXE". (...)
Generic test dns windows Sysmon - mediumfrack113 2021-11-24 2023-11-09 7cff77e1-9663-46a3-8260-17f2e1aa9d0a
2 APT User Agent
Detects suspicious user agent strings used in APT malware in proxy logs
Generic test proxy - - - highFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Markus Neis 2019-11-12 2024-02-15 6ec820f2-e963-4801-9127-d8b2dce4d31b
1 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 APT40 Dropbox Tool User Agent
Detects suspicious user agent string of APT40 Dropbox tool
Emerging test proxy - - - highThomas Patzke 2019-11-12 2023-05-18 5ba715b6-71b7-44fd-8245-f66893e81b3d
1 Arbitrary File Download Via GfxDownloadWrapper.EXE
Detects execution of GfxDownloadWrapper.exe with a URL as an argument to download file.
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumVictor Sergeev, oscd.community 2020-10-09 2023-10-18 eee00933-a761-4cd0-be70-c42fe91731e7
1 Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Via Settingcontent-Ms
The .SettingContent-ms file type was introduced in Windows 10 and allows a user to create "shortcuts" to various Windows 10 setting pages. (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumSreeman 2020-03-13 2022-04-14 24de4f3b-804c-4165-b442-5a06a2302c7e
1 Automated Collection Command PowerShell
Once established within a system or network, an adversary may use automated techniques for collecting internal data.
Generic test ps_script windows PowerShell - mediumfrack113 2021-07-28 2022-12-25 c1dda054-d638-4c16-afc8-53e007f3fbc5
1 Automated Collection Command Prompt
Once established within a system or network, an adversary may use automated techniques for collecting internal data.
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumfrack113 2021-07-28 2022-11-11 f576a613-2392-4067-9d1a-9345fb58d8d1
2 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 Splunk
AWS Exfiltration via Anomalous GetObject API Activity
The following analytic identifies anomalous GetObject API activity in AWS, indicating potential data exfiltration attempts. (...)
Anomaly stable cloud_audit - AWS CloudTrail · AWS - mediumBhavin Patel, Splunk 2023-04-10 2026-05-13 e4384bbf-5835-4831-8d85-694de6ad2cc6
3 Splunk
AWS Exfiltration via Batch Service
The following analytic identifies the creation of AWS Batch jobs that could potentially abuse the AWS Bucket Replication feature on S3 buckets. (...)
Generic stable scheduled_job - AWS CloudTrail · AWS - mediumBhavin Patel, Splunk 2023-04-24 2026-05-13 04455dd3-ced7-480f-b8e6-5469b99e98e2
2 Splunk
AWS Exfiltration via DataSync Task
The following analytic detects the creation of an AWS DataSync task, which could indicate potential data exfiltration. (...)
Generic stable scheduled_job - AWS CloudTrail · AWS - mediumBhavin Patel, Splunk 2023-04-10 2026-05-13 05c4b09f-ea28-4c7c-a7aa-a246f665c8a2
2 Axios NPM Compromise File Creation Indicators - Linux
Detects file creation events linked to the Axios NPM supply chain compromise. (...)
Emerging experimental file_event linux Sysmon - highSwachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2026-04-01 — b7cb840c-11f6-47f7-b3ef-5524739c9077
5 Axios NPM Compromise File Creation Indicators - MacOS
Detects file creation events linked to the Axios NPM supply chain compromise on macOS devices. (...)
Emerging experimental file_event macos - - highSwachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2026-04-01 — 2db0458c-05c9-4069-a26f-77becd9c8c13
5 Axios NPM Compromise Indicators - Linux
Detects the Linux-specific execution chain of the plain-crypto-js malicious npm dependency by Axios NPM package, including payload download via curl and detached execution using nohup and python3. (...)
Emerging experimental process_creation linux Sysmon - highSwachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2026-04-01 — 0a23a62d-c5b3-468b-a072-25064a9a8c87
5 Axios NPM Compromise Indicators - macOS
Detects the macOS-specific execution chain of the plain-crypto-js malicious npm dependency in Axios NPM Package, including AppleScript execution via osascript, payload download, permission modification, execution, and cleanup.
Emerging experimental process_creation macos - - highSwachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2026-04-01 — a09ee860-31b3-4586-8a68-0ebd74ce0e5f
5 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 Axios NPM Compromise Malicious C2 Domain DNS Query
Detects DNS queries for the malicious C2 domain associated with the plain-crypto-js/Axios npm package supply chain compromise. (...)
Emerging experimental dns - - - highSwachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) 2026-04-01 — 73e5d24f-493f-4092-bd2f-c72cabda40ee
6 Backup Catalog Deleted
Detects backup catalog deletions
Generic test - windows WinEventLog Application - mediumFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Tom U. @c_APT_ure (collection) 2017-05-12 2022-12-25 9703792d-fd9a-456d-a672-ff92efe4806a
2 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 Splunk
Batch File Write to System32
The following analytic detects the creation of a batch file (.bat) within the Windows system directory tree, specifically in the System32 or SysWOW64 folders. (...)
Anomaly stable file_event windows Sysmon - mediumSteven Dick, Michael Haag, Rico Valdez, Splunk 2020-04-29 2026-07-02 503d17cb-9eab-4cf8-a20e-01d5c6987ae3
- 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 Splunk
BITSAdmin Download File
The following analytic detects the use of `bitsadmin.exe` with the `transfer` parameter to download a remote object. (...)
Generic stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security · CrowdStrike - mediumMichael Haag, Sittikorn S 2021-03-30 2026-10-02 80630ff4-8e4c-11eb-aab5-acde48001122
5 Bitsadmin to Uncommon IP Server Address
Detects Bitsadmin connections to IP addresses instead of FQDN names
Generic test proxy - - - highFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems) 2022-06-10 2022-08-24 8ccd35a2-1c7c-468b-b568-ac6cdf80eec3
1 Bitsadmin to Uncommon TLD
Detects Bitsadmin connections to domains with uncommon TLDs
Generic test proxy - - - highFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Tim Shelton 2019-03-07 2026-09-30 9eb68894-7476-4cd6-8752-23b51f5883a7
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 BPFDoor Abnormal Process ID or Lock File Accessed
detects BPFDoor .lock and .pid files access in temporary file storage facility
Generic test file_event linux Linux Auditd - highRafal Piasecki 2022-08-10 2026-03-30 808146b2-9332-4d78-9416-d7e47012d83d
4 Browser Execution In Headless Mode
Detects execution of Chromium based browser in headless mode
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - lowNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2023-09-12 — ef9dcfed-690c-4c5d-a9d1-482cd422225c
2 Bypass UAC Using DelegateExecute
Bypasses User Account Control using a fileless method
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highfrack113 2022-01-05 2023-08-17 46dd5308-4572-4d12-aa43-8938f0184d4f
3 Bypass UAC Using SilentCleanup Task
Detects the setting of the environement variable "windir" to a non default value. (...)
Generic test registry_set windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highfrack113, Nextron Systems 2022-01-06 2024-01-30 724ea201-6514-4f38-9739-e5973c34f49a
3 Bypass UAC via CMSTP
Detect commandline usage of Microsoft Connection Manager Profile Installer (cmstp.exe) to install sp (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highE.M. Anhaus (originally from Atomic Blue Detections, Endgame), oscd.community 2019-10-24 2022-08-30 e66779cc-383e-4224-a3a4-267eeb585c40
3 Bypass UAC via Fodhelper.exe
Identifies use of Fodhelper.exe to bypass User Account Control. (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highE.M. Anhaus (originally from Atomic Blue Detections, Tony Lambert), oscd.community 2019-10-24 2021-11-27 7f741dcf-fc22-4759-87b4-9ae8376676a2
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