Detectionhightest

Potential Qakbot Registry Activity

Detects a registry key used by IceID in a campaign that distributes malicious OneNote files

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Hieu TranCreated Mon Mar 131c8e96cd-2bed-487d-9de0-b46c90cade56windows

Log Source

WindowsRegistry Event

ProductWindows← raw: windows

CategoryRegistry Event← raw: registry_event

Events for Windows Registry modifications including key creation, modification, and deletion.

Detection Logic

detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|endswith: '\Software\firm\soft\Name'
    condition: selection

False Positives

Unknown

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

References

MITRE ATT&CK

Tactics

Techniques

Rule Metadata

Rule ID

1c8e96cd-2bed-487d-9de0-b46c90cade56

Status

test

Level

high

Type

Detection

Created

Mon Mar 13

Author

Path

rules/windows/registry/registry_event/registry_event_malware_qakbot_registry.yml

Raw Tags

attack.persistenceattack.defense-evasionattack.t1112