name: Windows Persistence Techniques
id: 30874d4f-20a1-488f-85ec-5d52ef74e3f9
version: 2
date: '2018-05-31'
description: Monitor for activities and techniques associated with maintaining persistence
  on a Windows system--a sign that an adversary may have compromised your environment.
narrative: Maintaining persistence is one of the first steps taken by attackers after
  the initial compromise. Attackers leverage various custom and built-in tools to
  ensure survivability and persistent access within a compromised enterprise. This
  Analytic Story provides searches to help you identify various behaviors used by
  attackers to maintain persistent access to a Windows environment.
author: Bhavin Patel, Splunk
type: ESCU
references:
- http://www.fuzzysecurity.com/tutorials/19.html
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2010/07/malware-persistence-windows-registry.html
- http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/common-malware-persistence-mechanisms/
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/05/fin7-shim-databases-persistence.html
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq2Hv7J9fvk
tags:
  analytics_story: Windows Persistence Techniques
  usecase: Advanced Threat Detection
  category:
  - Adversary Tactics