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Disable Security Events Logging Adding Reg Key MiniNt

Detects the addition of a key 'MiniNt' to the registry. Upon a reboot, Windows Event Log service will stop writing events.

MITRE ATT&CK

T1562.002 T1112

persistencedefense-evasion

Detection Query

selection:
  - TargetObject: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MiniNt
    EventType: CreateKey
  - NewName: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MiniNt
condition: selection

Author

Ilyas Ochkov, oscd.community

Created

2019-10-25

Data Sources

windowsRegistry Events

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.persistenceattack.defense-evasionattack.t1562.002attack.t1112car.2022-03-001

Raw Content

title: Disable Security Events Logging Adding Reg Key MiniNt
id: 919f2ef0-be2d-4a7a-b635-eb2b41fde044
status: test
description: Detects the addition of a key 'MiniNt' to the registry. Upon a reboot, Windows Event Log service will stop writing events.
references:
    - https://twitter.com/0gtweet/status/1182516740955226112
    - https://www.hackingarticles.in/defense-evasion-windows-event-logging-t1562-002/
author: Ilyas Ochkov, oscd.community
date: 2019-10-25
modified: 2021-11-27
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1562.002
    - attack.t1112
    - car.2022-03-001
logsource:
    category: registry_event
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
    # Sysmon gives us HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\.. if ControlSetXX is the selected one
        - TargetObject: 'HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MiniNt'
          EventType: 'CreateKey'    # we don't want deletekey
    # key rename
        - NewName: 'HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MiniNt'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high