LoFP / false positives may be present and will need to be filtered.

Techniques

• T1542
• T1547.001

Sample rules

Windows Registry BootExecute Modification

• source: splunk
• technicques:
  • T1542
  • T1547.001

Description

This analytic monitors the BootExecute registry key for any modifications from its default value, which could indicate potential malicious activity. The BootExecute registry key, located at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager, manages the list of applications and services that are executed during system boot. By default, the BootExecute value is set to “autocheck autochk *”. Attackers might attempt to modify this value to achieve persistence, load malicious code, or tamper with the system’s boot process.

Detection logic

| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count FROM datamodel=Endpoint.Registry WHERE Registry.registry_path="HKLM\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Session Manager\\BootExecute" BY _time span=1h Registry.dest Registry.registry_path Registry.registry_key_name Registry.registry_value_name Registry.registry_value_data Registry.process_guid, Registry.action 
| `drop_dm_object_name(Registry)` 
| where isnotnull(registry_value_data) 
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` 
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| `windows_registry_bootexecute_modification_filter`