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splunk-security_content/detections/endpoint/disable_windows_app_hotkeys.yml

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name: Disable Windows App Hotkeys
id: 1490f224-ad8b-11eb-8c4f-acde48001122
version: 1
date: '2021-05-05'
author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk
type: TTP
datamodel:
- Endpoint
description: This analytic detects a suspicious registry modification to disable Windows
hotkey (shortcut keys) for native Windows applications. This technique is commonly
used to disable certain or several Windows applications like `taskmgr.exe` and `cmd.exe`.
This technique is used to impair the analyst in analyzing and removing the attacker
implant in compromised systems.
search: '| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count values(Registry.registry_key_name)
as registry_key_name values(Registry.registry_path) as registry_path min(_time)
as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime FROM datamodel=Endpoint.Registry where Registry.registry_path="*\\Windows
NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\*" AND Registry.registry_value_name
= "HotKey Disabled" AND Registry.registry_key_name = "Debugger" by Registry.dest
Registry.user Registry.registry_value_name | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `drop_dm_object_name(Registry)` | `disable_windows_app_hotkeys_filter`'
how_to_implement: To successfully implement this search, you must be ingesting data
that records registry activity from your hosts to populate the endpoint data model
in the registry node. This is typically populated via endpoint detection-and-response
product, such as CarbonBlack or endpoint data sources, such as Sysmon. The data
used for this search is typically generated via logs that report reads and writes
to the registry.
known_false_positives: unknown
references:
- https://thedfirreport.com/2020/04/20/sqlserver-or-the-miner-in-the-basement/
tags:
analytic_story:
- XMRig
automated_detection_testing: passed
confidence: 100
context:
- Source:Endpoint
- Stage:Defense Evasion
dataset:
- https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1562.001/hotkey_disabled_hidden_user/windows-sysmon.log
impact: 40
kill_chain_phases:
- Exploitation
message: Disabled 'Windows App Hotkeys' on $dest$
mitre_attack_id:
- T1562.001
- T1562
observable:
- name: dest
type: Endpoint
role:
- Victim
product:
- Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Enterprise Security
- Splunk Cloud
required_fields:
- _time
- Registry.registry_key_name
- Registry.registry_path
- Registry.registry_value_name
- Registry.dest Registry.user
risk_score: 40
security_domain: endpoint