LoFP LoFP / potential to be triggered by an administrator disabling protections for troubleshooting purposes.

Techniques

Sample rules

Disabling Windows Local Security Authority Defences via Registry

Description

This detection looks for the deletion of registry keys which disable LSA protection and MS Defender Device Guard.

Detection logic


| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` min(_time) as _time from datamodel=Endpoint.Registry where Registry.registry_path IN ("*\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Lsa\\LsaCfgFlags", "*\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\DeviceGuard\\*", "*\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Lsa\\RunAsPPL") Registry.action IN (deleted, unknown) by Registry.action Registry.registry_path Registry.process_guid Registry.dest Registry.user
| `drop_dm_object_name(Registry)` 
| join type=outer process_guid [
| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count FROM datamodel=Endpoint.Processes by Processes.user Processes.process_name Processes.process Processes.dest Processes.parent_process_name Processes.parent_process Processes.process_guid 
| `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)`] 
| table _time action dest user parent_process_name parent_process process_name process process_guid registry_path 
| `disabling_windows_local_security_authority_defences_via_registry_filter`