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ETW Logging Disabled For SCM

Detects changes to the "TracingDisabled" key in order to disable ETW logging for services.exe (SCM)

MITRE ATT&CK

persistencedefense-evasion

Detection Query

selection:
  TargetObject|endswith: Software\Microsoft\Windows
    NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\SCM\Regular\TracingDisabled
  Details: DWORD (0x00000001)
condition: selection

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Created

2022-12-09

Data Sources

windowsRegistry Set Events

Platforms

windows

References

http://redplait.blogspot.com/2020/07/whats-wrong-with-etw.html

Tags

attack.persistenceattack.defense-evasionattack.t1112attack.t1562

Raw Content

title: ETW Logging Disabled For SCM
id: 4f281b83-0200-4b34-bf35-d24687ea57c2
status: test
description: Detects changes to the "TracingDisabled" key in order to disable ETW logging for services.exe (SCM)
references:
    - http://redplait.blogspot.com/2020/07/whats-wrong-with-etw.html
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-12-09
modified: 2023-08-17
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1112
    - attack.t1562
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: registry_set
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|endswith: 'Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\SCM\Regular\TracingDisabled'
        Details: 'DWORD (0x00000001)' # Funny (sad) enough, this value is by default 1.
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: low