Detectionhightest

Sysmon Channel Reference Deletion

Potential threat actor tampering with Sysmon manifest and eventually disabling it

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Roberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g), OTR (Open Threat Research)Created Tue Jul 14Updated Wed Oct 2218beca67-ab3e-4ee3-ba7a-a46ca8d7d0ccwindows
Log Source
Windowssecurity
ProductWindows← raw: windows
Servicesecurity← raw: security
Detection Logic
Detection Logic2 selectors
detection:
    selection1:
        EventID: 4657
        ObjectName|contains:
            - 'WINEVT\Publishers\{5770385f-c22a-43e0-bf4c-06f5698ffbd9}'
            - 'WINEVT\Channels\Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational'
        ObjectValueName: 'Enabled'
        NewValue: 0
    selection2:
        EventID: 4663
        ObjectName|contains:
            - 'WINEVT\Publishers\{5770385f-c22a-43e0-bf4c-06f5698ffbd9}'
            - 'WINEVT\Channels\Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational'
        AccessMask: '0x10000'
    condition: 1 of selection*
False Positives
Unknown

False positive likelihood has not been assessed. Additional context may be needed during triage.

Rule Metadata
Rule ID
18beca67-ab3e-4ee3-ba7a-a46ca8d7d0cc
Status
test
Level
high
Type
Detection
Created
Tue Jul 14
Modified
Wed Oct 22
Path
rules/windows/builtin/security/win_security_sysmon_channel_reference_deletion.yml
Raw Tags
attack.persistenceattack.defense-evasionattack.t1112
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