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name: Windows Persistence Techniques
id: 30874d4f-20a1-488f-85ec-5d52ef74e3f9
version: 3
creation_date: '2020-04-29'
modification_date: '2026-05-13'
author: Bhavin Patel, Splunk
status: production
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.
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
category:
- Adversary Tactics
product:
- Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Enterprise Security
- Splunk Cloud
usecase: Advanced Threat Detection