Query: detect Detects attempts to query system information directly from the Windows Registry. in logs
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects attempts to query system information directly from the Windows Registry.. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: System Information Discovery via Registry Queries id: 0022869c-49f7-4ff2-ba03-85ac42ddac58 status: experimental description: Detects attempts to query system information directly from the Windows Registry. references: - https://cert.gov.ua/article/6277849 - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/75fa21076dcefa348a7521403cdd6bfc4e88623c/atomics/T1082/T1082.md - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/75fa21076dcefa348a7521403cdd6bfc4e88623c/atomics/T1124/T1124.md author: lazarg date: 2025-06-12 modified: 2025-10-25 tags: - attack.discovery - attack.t1082 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_cmd_reg: Image|endswith: \reg.exe CommandLine|contains: query CommandLine|contains|windash: -v selection_cmd_powershell: Image|endswith: - \powershell.exe - \pwsh.exe CommandLine|contains: - Get-ItemPropertyValue - gpv selection_keys: CommandLine|contains: - \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender - \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion - \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall - \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation - \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services condition: 1 of selection_cmd_* and selection_keys falsepositives: - Unlikely level: low regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_discovery_via_reg_queries/info.yml simulation: - type: atomic-red-team name: System Information Discovery technique: T1010 atomic_guid: 66703791-c902-4560-8770-42b8a91f7667 - type: atomic-red-team name: Discover OS Product Name via Registry technique: T1082 atomic_guid: be3b5fe3-a575-4fb8-83f6-ad4a68dd5ce7 - type: atomic-red-team name: Discover OS Build Number via Registry technique: T1082 atomic_guid: acfcd709-0013-4f1e-b9ee-bc1e7bafaaec
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects suspicious IIS native-code module installations via command line. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: IIS Native-Code Module Command Line Installation id: 9465ddf4-f9e4-4ebd-8d98-702df3a93239 status: test description: Detects suspicious IIS native-code module installations via command line references: - https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/01/unit42-oilrig-uses-rgdoor-iis-backdoor-targets-middle-east/ - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/07/26/malicious-iis-extensions-quietly-open-persistent-backdoors-into-servers/ author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) date: 2019-12-11 modified: 2024-03-13 tags: - attack.persistence - attack.t1505.003 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_img: - Image|endswith: \appcmd.exe - OriginalFileName: appcmd.exe selection_cli: CommandLine|contains|all: - install - module CommandLine|contains|windash: '-name:' filter_iis_setup: ParentImage: C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\iissetup.exe condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter_* falsepositives: - Unknown as it may vary from organisation to organisation how admins use to install IIS modules level: medium