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 All Backups Deleted Via Wbadmin.EXE
Detects the deletion of all backups or system state backups via "wbadmin.exe". (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highfrack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2021-12-13 2024-05-10 639c9081-f482-47d3-a0bd-ddee3d4ecd76
6 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 Alternate PowerShell Hosts - PowerShell Module
Detects alternate PowerShell hosts potentially bypassing detections looking for powershell.exe
Generic test ps_module windows PowerShell - mediumRoberto Rodriguez @Cyb3rWard0g 2019-08-11 2025-10-17 64e8e417-c19a-475a-8d19-98ea705394cc
1 Alternate PowerShell Hosts Pipe
Detects alternate PowerShell hosts potentially bypassing detections looking for powershell.exe
Generic test pipe_created windows Sysmon - mediumRoberto Rodriguez @Cyb3rWard0g, Tim Shelton 2019-09-12 2025-10-07 58cb02d5-78ce-4692-b3e1-dce850aae41a
2 Amsi.DLL Load By Uncommon Process
Detects loading of Amsi.dll by uncommon processes
Hunting test image_load windows Sysmon - lowfrack113 2023-03-12 2026-06-29 facd1549-e416-48e0-b8c4-41d7215eedc8
3 Antivirus - Ransomware Signature
Detects a highly relevant Antivirus alert that reports ransomware. (...)
Generic test antivirus - - - criticalFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Arnim Rupp 2022-05-12 2026-06-15 4c6ca276-d4d0-4a8c-9e4c-d69832f8671f
7 Application Uninstalled
An application has been removed. (...)
Generic test - windows WinEventLog Application - lowfrack113 2022-01-28 2022-09-17 570ae5ec-33dc-427c-b815-db86228ad43e
2 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 Splunk
ASL AWS Detect Users creating keys with encrypt policy without MFA
The following analytic detects the creation of AWS KMS keys with an encryption policy accessible to everyone, including external entities. (...)
Generic stable cloud_audit - AWS CloudTrail · AWS - mediumPatrick Bareiss, Splunk 2020-10-27 2026-05-13 16ae9076-d1d5-411c-8fdd-457504b33dac
3 Splunk
ASL AWS Disable Bucket Versioning
The following analytic detects when AWS S3 bucket versioning is suspended by a user. (...)
Anomaly stable cloud_audit - AWS CloudTrail · AWS - mediumPatrick Bareiss, Splunk 2022-10-04 2026-05-13 f32598bb-fa5f-4afd-8ab3-0263cc28efbc
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 Splunk
AWS Detect Users creating keys with encrypt policy without MFA
The following analytic detects the creation of AWS KMS keys with an encryption policy accessible to everyone, including external entities. (...)
Generic stable cloud_audit - AWS CloudTrail · AWS - mediumRod Soto, Patrick Bareiss Splunk 2020-10-27 2026-05-13 c79c164f-4b21-4847-98f9-cf6a9f49179e
3 Splunk
AWS Detect Users with KMS keys performing encryption S3
The following analytic identifies users with KMS keys performing encryption operations on S3 buckets. (...)
Anomaly stable cloud_audit - AWS CloudTrail · AWS - mediumRod Soto, Patrick Bareiss Splunk 2020-10-27 2026-05-13 884a5f59-eec7-4f4a-948b-dbde18225fdc
3 Splunk
AWS Disable Bucket Versioning
The following analytic detects when AWS S3 bucket versioning is suspended by a user. (...)
Anomaly stable cloud_audit - AWS CloudTrail · AWS - mediumBhavin Patel, Splunk 2023-05-01 2026-05-13 657902a9-987d-4879-a1b2-e7a65512824b
2 AWS EC2 Disable EBS Encryption
Identifies disabling of default Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) encryption in the current region. (...)
Generic stable cloud_audit - AWS CloudTrail · AWS - mediumSittikorn S 2021-06-29 2021-08-20 16124c2d-e40b-4fcc-8f2c-5ab7870a2223
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 AWS KMS Imported Key Material Usage
Detects the import or deletion of key material in AWS KMS, which can be used as part of ransomware attacks. (...)
Generic experimental cloud_audit - AWS CloudTrail · AWS - hightoopricey 2025-10-18 — 1279262f-1464-422f-ac0d-5b545320c526
3 AWS S3 Bucket Versioning Disable
Detects when S3 bucket versioning is disabled. (...)
Generic test cloud_audit - AWS CloudTrail · AWS - mediumSean Johnstone | Unit 42 2023-10-28 — a136ac98-b2bc-4189-a14d-f0d0388e57a7
1 Azure Application Deleted
Identifies when a application is deleted in Azure.
Generic test cloud_audit - Azure Audit Logs · Azure - mediumAustin Songer @austinsonger 2021-09-03 2026-04-30 410d2a41-1e6d-452f-85e5-abdd8257a823
3 Azure Container Registry Created or Deleted
Detects when a Container Registry is created or deleted.
Generic test cloud_audit - Azure Activity Logs · Azure - lowAustin Songer @austinsonger 2021-08-07 2022-08-23 93e0ef48-37c8-49ed-a02c-038aab23628e
4 Azure Kubernetes Cluster Created or Deleted
Detects when a Azure Kubernetes Cluster is created or deleted.
Generic test cloud_audit - Azure Activity Logs · Azure - lowAustin Songer @austinsonger 2021-08-07 2022-08-23 9541f321-7cba-4b43-80fc-fbd1fb922808
4 Azure Kubernetes Network Policy Change
Identifies when a Azure Kubernetes network policy is modified or deleted.
Generic test cloud_audit - Azure Activity Logs · Azure - mediumAustin Songer @austinsonger 2021-08-07 2022-08-23 08d6ac24-c927-4469-b3b7-2e422d6e3c43
4 Azure Kubernetes RoleBinding/ClusterRoleBinding Modified and Deleted
Detects the creation or patching of potential malicious RoleBinding/ClusterRoleBinding.
Generic test cloud_audit - Azure Activity Logs · Azure - mediumAustin Songer @austinsonger 2021-08-07 2022-08-23 25cb259b-bbdc-4b87-98b7-90d7c72f8743
4 Azure Kubernetes Secret or Config Object Access
Identifies when a Kubernetes account access a sensitive objects such as configmaps or secrets.
Generic test cloud_audit - Azure Activity Logs · Azure - mediumAustin Songer @austinsonger 2021-08-07 2022-08-23 7ee0b4aa-d8d4-4088-b661-20efdf41a04c
4 Azure Kubernetes Sensitive Role Access
Identifies when ClusterRoles/Roles are being modified or deleted.
Generic test cloud_audit - Azure Activity Logs · Azure - mediumAustin Songer @austinsonger 2021-08-07 2022-08-23 818fee0c-e0ec-4e45-824e-83e4817b0887
4 Azure Kubernetes Service Account Modified or Deleted
Identifies when a service account is modified or deleted.
Generic test cloud_audit - Azure Activity Logs · Azure - mediumAustin Songer @austinsonger 2021-08-07 2022-08-23 12d027c3-b48c-4d9d-8bb6-a732200034b2
4 Backup Files Deleted
Detects deletion of files with extensions often used for backup files. (...)
Generic test file_delete windows Sysmon - mediumfrack113 2022-01-02 2023-02-15 06125661-3814-4e03-bfa2-1e4411c60ac3
1 Bad Opsec Powershell Code Artifacts
focuses on trivial artifacts observed in variants of prevalent offensive ps1 payloads, including
Cob (...)
Generic test ps_module windows PowerShell - criticalok @securonix invrep_de, oscd.community 2020-10-09 2022-12-25 8d31a8ce-46b5-4dd6-bdc3-680931f1db86
3 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
Bcdedit Command Back To Normal Mode Boot
The following analytic detects the execution of a suspicious `bcdedit` command that reconfigures a host from safe mode back to normal boot. (...)
Generic stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security · CrowdStrike - mediumTeoderick Contreras, Splunk 2021-09-07 2026-05-13 dc7a8004-0f18-11ec-8c54-acde48001122
1 Splunk
BCDEdit Failure Recovery Modification
The following analytic detects modifications to the Windows error recovery boot configurations using bcdedit.exe with flags such as "recoveryenabled" and "no". (...)
Generic stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security · CrowdStrike - mediumMichael Haag, Splunk 2021-01-11 2026-10-02 809b31d2-5462-11eb-ae93-0242ac130002
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 BloodHound Collection Files
Detects default file names outputted by the BloodHound collection tool SharpHound
Generic test file_event windows Sysmon - highC.J. May 2022-08-09 2026-02-19 02773bed-83bf-469f-b7ff-e676e7d78bab
1 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 BlueSky Ransomware Artefacts
Detect access to files and shares with names and extensions used by BlueSky ransomware which could indicate a current or previous encryption attempt.
Emerging test file_event windows WinEventLog Security - highj4son 2023-05-23 — eee8311f-a752-44f0-bf2f-6b007db16300
1 Boot Configuration Tampering Via Bcdedit.EXE
Detects the use of the bcdedit command to tamper with the boot configuration data. (...)
Generic stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highE.M. Anhaus (originally from Atomic Blue Detections, Endgame), oscd.community 2019-10-24 2023-02-15 1444443e-6757-43e4-9ea4-c8fc705f79a2
2 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 bXOR Operator Usage In PowerShell Command Line - PowerShell Classic
Detects powershell execution with that make use of to the bxor (Bitwise XOR). (...)
Hunting test ps_classic_start windows PowerShell - lowTeymur Kheirkhabarov, Harish Segar 2020-06-29 2024-12-11 812837bb-b17f-45e9-8bd0-0ec35d2e3bd6
2 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 PowerShell
Detects calls to cmdlets that are used to export certificates from the local certificate store. (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2023-05-18 — 9e716b33-63b2-46da-86a4-bd3c3b9b5dfb
3 Change PowerShell Policies to an Insecure Level
Detects changing the PowerShell script execution policy to a potentially insecure level using the "-ExecutionPolicy" flag.
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumfrack113 2021-11-01 2025-10-07 87e3c4e8-a6a8-4ad9-bb4f-46e7ff99a180
4 Change PowerShell Policies to an Insecure Level - PowerShell
Detects changing the PowerShell script execution policy to a potentially insecure level using the "Set-ExecutionPolicy" cmdlet.
Generic test ps_script windows PowerShell - mediumfrack113 2021-10-20 2023-12-14 61d0475c-173f-4844-86f7-f3eebae1c66b
3 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 Splunk
Change To Safe Mode With Network Config
The following analytic detects the execution of a suspicious `bcdedit` command that configures a host to boot in safe mode with network support. (...)
Generic stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security · CrowdStrike - mediumTeoderick Contreras, Splunk 2021-09-07 2026-05-13 81f1dce0-0f18-11ec-a5d7-acde48001122
1 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
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