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WINEKEY Registry Modification

Detects potential malicious modification of run keys by winekey or team9 backdoor

MITRE ATT&CK

privilege-escalationpersistence

Detection Query

selection:
  TargetObject|endswith: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Backup Mgr
condition: selection

Author

omkar72

Created

2020-10-30

Data Sources

windowsRegistry Events

Platforms

windows

References

https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/10/kegtap-and-singlemalt-with-a-ransomware-chaser.html

Tags

attack.privilege-escalationattack.persistenceattack.t1547

Raw Content

title: WINEKEY Registry Modification
id: b98968aa-dbc0-4a9c-ac35-108363cbf8d5
status: test
description: Detects potential malicious modification of run keys by winekey or team9 backdoor
references:
    - https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/10/kegtap-and-singlemalt-with-a-ransomware-chaser.html
author: omkar72
date: 2020-10-30
modified: 2021-11-27
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.t1547
logsource:
    category: registry_event
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|endswith: 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Backup Mgr'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high