Query: detect Detects changes to the "Default" property for keys located in the \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\ in logs
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects changes to the "Default" property for keys located in the \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\. Logsource: windows / registry_set. Rule: title: Potential Persistence Via App Paths Default Property id: 707e097c-e20f-4f67-8807-1f72ff4500d6 status: test description: 'Detects changes to the "Default" property for keys located in the \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\ registry. Which might be used as a method of persistence The entries found under App Paths are used primarily for the following purposes. First, to map an application''s executable file name to that file''s fully qualified path. Second, to prepend information to the PATH environment variable on a per-application, per-process basis. ' references: - https://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2013/01/19/beyond-good-ol-run-key-part-3/ - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/app-registration author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2022-08-10 modified: 2023-08-17 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.persistence - attack.t1546.012 logsource: category: registry_set product: windows detection: selection: TargetObject|contains: \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths TargetObject|endswith: - (Default) - Path Details|contains: - \Users\Public - \AppData\Local\Temp\ - \Windows\Temp\ - \Desktop\ - \Downloads\ - '%temp%' - '%tmp%' - iex - Invoke- - rundll32 - regsvr32 - mshta - cscript - wscript - .bat - .hta - .dll - .ps1 condition: selection falsepositives: - Legitimate applications registering their binary from on of the suspicious locations mentioned above (tune it) level: high
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects suspicious user agent strings used in APT malware in proxy logs. Logsource: proxy. Rule: title: APT User Agent id: 6ec820f2-e963-4801-9127-d8b2dce4d31b status: test description: Detects suspicious user agent strings used in APT malware in proxy logs references: - Internal Research author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Markus Neis date: 2019-11-12 modified: 2024-02-15 tags: - attack.command-and-control - attack.t1071.001 logsource: category: proxy detection: selection: c-useragent: - SJZJ (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Win32) - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.; WOW64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0 - 'User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/4.0; SLCC' - Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.4; Win32;32-bit) - webclient - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; zh-EN; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/200 - Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSI 6.0; - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:28.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/28.0 - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/ - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.; WOW64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/2 - Mozilla/4.0 - Netscape - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; zh-EN; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20100719 Firefox/1.0.7 - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Firefox/3.6.13 GTB7.1 - Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0) - Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NETCLR 2.0.50727) - Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; SV1) - Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 11.0; Windows NT 6.1; SV1) - Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Win32) - Mozilla v5.1 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:6.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.1 - Mozilla/6.1 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 5.3; Trident/5.0) - Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; InfoPath.1) - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) WinHttp/1.6.3.8 (WinHTTP/5.1) like Gecko - Mozilla v5.1 * - MSIE 8.0 - Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.1; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; InfoPath.2) - Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; RMS) - Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; DynGate) - O/9.27 (W; U; Z) - Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/5.0; Trident/5.0* - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 9; * - hots scot - Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT) - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) Chrome/28.0.1500.95 Safari/537.36 - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; Win32; rv:47.0) - Mozilla/4.0 (compatibl