Query: detection rule: Detects when a Microsoft Cloud App Security reported when an activity occurs from a location that wasn't recently or nev
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects when a Microsoft Cloud App Security reported when an activity occurs from a location that wasn't recently or nev. Logsource: m365 / threat_management. Rule: title: Activity from Infrequent Country id: 0f2468a2-5055-4212-a368-7321198ee706 status: test description: Detects when a Microsoft Cloud App Security reported when an activity occurs from a location that wasn't recently or never visited by any user in the organization. references: - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-cloud-apps/anomaly-detection-policy - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-cloud-apps/policy-template-reference author: Austin Songer @austinsonger date: 2021-08-23 modified: 2022-10-09 tags: - attack.command-and-control - attack.t1573 logsource: service: threat_management product: m365 detection: selection: eventSource: SecurityComplianceCenter eventName: Activity from infrequent country status: success condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects the tampering of Hypervisor-protected Code Integrity (HVCI) related registry values via command line tool reg.ex. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Hypervisor-protected Code Integrity (HVCI) Related Registry Tampering Via CommandLine id: 6225c53a-a96e-4235-b28f-8d7997cd96eb related: - id: 8b7273a4-ba5d-4d8a-b04f-11f2900d043a type: similar status: experimental description: 'Detects the tampering of Hypervisor-protected Code Integrity (HVCI) related registry values via command line tool reg.exe. HVCI uses virtualization-based security to protect code integrity by ensuring that only trusted code can run in kernel mode. Adversaries may tamper with HVCI to load malicious or unsigned drivers, which can be used to escalate privileges, maintain persistence, or evade security mechanisms. ' references: - https://www.sophos.com/en-us/blog/sharpening-the-knife-gold-blades-strategic-evolution - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/hardware-security/enable-virtualization-based-protection-of-code-integrity author: Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) date: 2026-01-26 tags: - attack.defense-impairment - attack.t1685 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_img: - Image|endswith: - \powershell.exe - \pwsh.exe - \reg.exe - OriginalFileName: - PowerShell.EXE - pwsh.dll - reg.exe selection_cli: CommandLine|contains: - 'add ' - 'New-ItemProperty ' - 'Set-ItemProperty ' - 'si ' selection_cli_base: CommandLine|contains: \DeviceGuard selection_cli_key: CommandLine|contains: - EnableVirtualizationBasedSecurity - HypervisorEnforcedCodeIntegrity condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Legitimate system administration tasks that require disabling HVCI for troubleshooting purposes when certain drivers or applications are incompatible with it. level: high regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hvci_registry_tampering/info.yml simulation: - type: atomic-red-team name: Disable Hypervisor-Enforced Code Integrity (HVCI) technique: T1562.001 atomic_guid: 70bd71e6-eba4-4e00-92f7-617911dbe020