Query: detection rule: Detects the modification of the registry to allow a driver or service to persist in Safe Mode.
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects the modification of the registry to allow a driver or service to persist in Safe Mode.. Logsource: windows / registry_set. Rule: title: Registry Persistence via Service in Safe Mode id: 1547e27c-3974-43e2-a7d7-7f484fb928ec status: test description: Detects the modification of the registry to allow a driver or service to persist in Safe Mode. references: - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1112/T1112.md#atomic-test-33---windows-add-registry-value-to-load-service-in-safe-mode-without-network - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1112/T1112.md#atomic-test-34---windows-add-registry-value-to-load-service-in-safe-mode-with-network author: frack113 date: 2022-04-04 modified: 2025-10-22 tags: - attack.stealth - attack.t1564.001 logsource: category: registry_set product: windows detection: selection: TargetObject|contains: - \Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\ - \Control\SafeBoot\Network\ TargetObject|endswith: \(Default) Details: Service filter_optional_sophos: Image: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe TargetObject|endswith: - \Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\SAVService\(Default) - \Control\SafeBoot\Network\SAVService\(Default) filter_optional_mbamservice: Image|endswith: \MBAMInstallerService.exe TargetObject|endswith: \MBAMService\(Default) Details: Service filter_optional_hexnode: Image: C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\HexnodeAgent.exe TargetObject|endswith: - \Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\Hexnode Updater\(Default) - \Control\SafeBoot\Network\Hexnode Updater\(Default) - \Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\Hexnode Agent\(Default) - \Control\SafeBoot\Network\Hexnode Agent\(Default) Details: Service condition: selection and not 1 of filter_optional_* falsepositives: - Unknown level: high regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_add_load_service_in_safe_mode/info.yml simulation: - type: atomic-red-team name: Windows Add Registry Value to Load Service in Safe Mode without Network technique: T1112 atomic_guid: 1dd59fb3-1cb3-4828-805d-cf80b4c3bbb5 - type: atomic-red-team name: Windows Add Registry Value to Load Service in Safe Mode with Network technique: T1112 atomic_guid: c173c948-65e5-499c-afbe-433722ed5bd4
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects the creation of a schtask that executes a file from C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Suspicious Schtasks Execution AppData Folder id: c5c00f49-b3f9-45a6-997e-cfdecc6e1967 status: test description: Detects the creation of a schtask that executes a file from C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local references: - https://thedfirreport.com/2022/02/21/qbot-and-zerologon-lead-to-full-domain-compromise/ author: pH-T (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2022-03-15 modified: 2022-07-28 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.execution - attack.persistence - attack.t1053.005 - attack.t1059.001 logsource: product: windows category: process_creation detection: selection: Image|endswith: \schtasks.exe CommandLine|contains|all: - /Create - /RU - /TR - C:\Users\ - \AppData\Local\ CommandLine|contains: - NT AUT - ' SYSTEM ' filter: ParentImage|contains|all: - \AppData\Local\Temp\ - TeamViewer_.exe Image|endswith: \schtasks.exe CommandLine|contains: /TN TVInstallRestore condition: selection and not filter falsepositives: - Unknown level: high