Query: alert when Sysmon registry detection of a local hidden user account.
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Sysmon registry detection of a local hidden user account.. Logsource: windows / registry_event. Rule: title: Creation of a Local Hidden User Account by Registry id: 460479f3-80b7-42da-9c43-2cc1d54dbccd status: test description: Sysmon registry detection of a local hidden user account. references: - https://twitter.com/SBousseaden/status/1387530414185664538 author: Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems) date: 2021-05-03 modified: 2025-10-31 tags: - attack.persistence - attack.t1136.001 logsource: product: windows category: registry_event detection: selection: TargetObject|contains: \SAM\SAM\Domains\Account\Users\Names\ TargetObject|endswith: $\(Default) Image|endswith: \lsass.exe condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: high regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/registry/registry_event/registry_event_add_local_hidden_user/info.yml simulation: - type: atomic-red-team name: Create Hidden User in Registry technique: T1564.002 atomic_guid: 173126b7-afe4-45eb-8680-fa9f6400431c
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects a suspicious copy operation that tries to copy a program from system (System32, SysWOW64, WinSxS) directories to. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Suspicious Copy From or To System Directory id: fff9d2b7-e11c-4a69-93d3-40ef66189767 related: - id: 855bc8b5-2ae8-402e-a9ed-b889e6df1900 type: derived status: test description: 'Detects a suspicious copy operation that tries to copy a program from system (System32, SysWOW64, WinSxS) directories to another on disk. Often used to move LOLBINs such as ''certutil'' or ''desktopimgdownldr'' to a different location with a different name in order to bypass detections based on locations. ' references: - https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/8da5b75b6380a41eee3a399c43dfe0d99eeefaa1fd21027a07b1ecaa4cd96fdd?environmentId=120 - https://web.archive.org/web/20180331144337/https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/03/sanny-malware-delivery-method-updated-in-recently-observed-attacks.html - https://thedfirreport.com/2023/08/28/html-smuggling-leads-to-domain-wide-ransomware/ author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Markus Neis, Tim Shelton (HAWK.IO), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2020-07-03 modified: 2026-03-16 tags: - attack.stealth - attack.t1036.003 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_img_cmd: Image|endswith: \cmd.exe CommandLine|contains: 'copy ' selection_img_pwsh: Image|endswith: - \powershell.exe - \pwsh.exe CommandLine|contains: - copy-item - ' copy ' - 'cpi ' - ' cp ' selection_img_other: - Image|endswith: - \robocopy.exe - \xcopy.exe - OriginalFileName: - robocopy.exe - XCOPY.EXE selection_target: CommandLine|re|i: \s['"]?C:\\Windows\\(?:System32|SysWOW64|WinSxS) filter_optional_avira: Image|endswith: \cmd.exe CommandLine|contains|all: - /c copy - \Temp\ - \avira_system_speedup.exe CommandLine|contains: - C:\Program Files\Avira\ - C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\ condition: 1 of selection_img_* and selection_target and not 1 of filter_optional_* falsepositives: - Depend on scripts and administrative tools used in the monitored environment (For example an admin scripts like https://www.itexperience.net/sccm-batch-files-and-32-bits-processes-on-64-bits-os/) - When cmd.exe and xcopy.exe are called directly - When the command contains the keywords but not in the correct order level: medium