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Sysmon Configuration Modification

Detects when an attacker tries to hide from Sysmon by disabling or stopping it

MITRE ATT&CK

defense-evasion

Detection Query

selection_stop:
  State: Stopped
selection_conf:
  - Sysmon config state changed
filter:
  State: Started
condition: 1 of selection_* and not filter

Author

frack113

Created

2021-06-04

Data Sources

windowssysmon_status

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.defense-evasionattack.t1564

Raw Content

title: Sysmon Configuration Modification
id: 1f2b5353-573f-4880-8e33-7d04dcf97744
status: test
description: Detects when an attacker tries to hide from Sysmon by disabling or stopping it
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1562.001/T1562.001.md
    - https://talesfrominfosec.blogspot.com/2017/12/killing-sysmon-silently.html
author: frack113
date: 2021-06-04
modified: 2022-08-02
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1564
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: sysmon_status
detection:
    selection_stop:
        State: Stopped
    selection_conf:
        - 'Sysmon config state changed'
    filter:
        State: Started
    condition: 1 of selection_* and not filter
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate administrative action
level: high