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Windows DisableAntiSpyware Registry	Disable or Modify Tools, Impair Defenses	Endpoint	2021-03-02	true		Disable or Modify Tools Defense Evasion Impair Defenses Defense Evasion Splunk Enterprise Splunk Enterprise Security Splunk Cloud Endpoint

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Description

The search looks for the Registry Key DisableAntiSpyware set to disable. This is consistent with Ryuk infections across a fleet of endpoints. This particular behavior is typically executed when an ransomware actor gains access to an endpoint and beings to perform execution. Usually, a batch (.bat) will be executed and multiple registry and scheduled task modifications will occur. During triage, review parallel processes and identify any further file modifications. Endpoint should be isolated.

• Type: TTP
• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• Last Updated: 2021-03-02
• Author: Rod Soto, Jose Hernandez, Michael Haag, Splunk
• ID: 23150a40-9301-4195-b802-5bb4f43067fb

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1562.001	Disable or Modify Tools	Defense Evasion

| T1562 | Impair Defenses | Defense Evasion |

Search

| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Registry where Registry.registry_value_name="DisableAntiSpyware" AND Registry.registry_value_data="0x00000001" by Registry.dest Registry.user Registry.registry_path Registry.registry_value_data 
| `drop_dm_object_name(Registry)` 
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` 
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` 
| `windows_disableantispyware_registry_filter`

Associated Analytic Story

• Ryuk Ransomware
• Windows Defense Evasion Tactics

How To Implement

To successfully implement this search you need to be ingesting information on process that include the name of the process responsible for the changes from your endpoints into the Endpoint datamodel in the Registry node.

Required field

• _time
• Registry.registry_key_name
• Registry.registry_value_name
• Registry.dest
• Registry.user
• Registry.registry_path

Kill Chain Phase

• Delivery

Known False Positives

It is unusual to turn this feature off a Windows system since it is a default security control, although it is not rare for some policies to disable it. Although no false positives have been identified, use the provided filter macro to tune the search.

RBA

Risk Score	Impact	Confidence	Message
24.0	30	80	Windows DisableAntiSpyware registry key set to 'disabled' on dest

Reference

• https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2021/02/lazyscripter-from-empire-to-double-rat/

Test Dataset

Replay any dataset to Splunk Enterprise by using our replay.py tool or the UI. Alternatively you can replay a dataset into a Splunk Attack Range

• https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1562.001/atomic_red_team/windows-sysmon.log

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