Query: alert when Detects attempts to disable security event logging by adding the `MiniNt` registry key. This key is used to disable the
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects attempts to disable security event logging by adding the `MiniNt` registry key. This key is used to disable the. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Security Event Logging Disabled via MiniNt Registry Key - Process id: 1a4bd6af-99ac-4466-b5b2-7b72b4a05462 related: - id: 8839e550-52d7-4958-9f2f-e13c1e736838 type: similar status: experimental description: 'Detects attempts to disable security event logging by adding the `MiniNt` registry key. This key is used to disable the Windows Event Log service, which collects and stores event logs from the operating system and applications. Adversaries may want to disable this service to prevent logging of security events that could be used to detect their activities. ' references: - https://www.hackingarticles.in/defense-evasion-windows-event-logging-t1562-002/ author: Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) date: 2025-04-09 tags: - attack.persistence - attack.defense-impairment - attack.t1685.001 - attack.t1112 - car.2022-03-001 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_reg_img: - Image|endswith: \reg.exe - OriginalFileName: reg.exe selection_reg_cmd: CommandLine|contains|all: - ' add ' - \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MiniNt selection_powershell_img: - Image|endswith: - \powershell.exe - \pwsh.exe - \powershell_ise.exe - OriginalFileName: - PowerShell.EXE - pwsh.dll selection_powershell_cmd1: CommandLine|contains: - 'New-Item ' - 'ni ' selection_powershell_cmd2: CommandLine|contains: \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MiniNt condition: all of selection_reg_* or all of selection_powershell_* falsepositives: - Highly Unlikely level: high
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects the use of the bcdedit command to tamper with the boot configuration data. This technique is often times used by. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Boot Configuration Tampering Via Bcdedit.EXE id: 1444443e-6757-43e4-9ea4-c8fc705f79a2 status: stable description: Detects the use of the bcdedit command to tamper with the boot configuration data. This technique is often times used by malware or attackers as a destructive way before launching ransomware. references: - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1490/T1490.md - https://eqllib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/analytics/c4732632-9c1d-4980-9fa8-1d98c93f918e.html author: E.M. Anhaus (originally from Atomic Blue Detections, Endgame), oscd.community date: 2019-10-24 modified: 2023-02-15 tags: - attack.impact - attack.t1490 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_img: - Image|endswith: \bcdedit.exe - OriginalFileName: bcdedit.exe selection_set: CommandLine|contains: set selection_cli: - CommandLine|contains|all: - bootstatuspolicy - ignoreallfailures - CommandLine|contains|all: - recoveryenabled - 'no' condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Unlikely level: high simulation: - type: atomic-red-team name: Windows - Disable Windows Recovery Console Repair technique: T1490 atomic_guid: cf21060a-80b3-4238-a595-22525de4ab81