splunk-security_content/stories/windows_registry_abuse.yml

name: Windows Registry Abuse
id: 78df1df1-25f1-4387-90f9-c4ea31ce6b75
version: 1
date: '2022-03-17'
author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk
description: Windows services are often used by attackers for persistence, privilege escalation,  
  lateral movement, defense evasion, collection of data, a tool for recon, credential dumping and 
  payload impact. This Analytic Story helps you monitor your environment for indications 
  that Windows registry are being modified or created in a suspicious manner.
narrative: Windows Registry is one of the powerful and yet still mysterious Windows features 
  that can tweak or manipulate Windows policies and low-level configuration settings. 
  Because of this capability,  most malware, adversaries or threat actors abuse this 
  hierarchical database to do their malicious intent on a targeted host or network environment. 
  In these cases, attackers often use tools to create or modify registry in ways that are not 
  typical for most environments, providing opportunities for detection.
references:
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1112/
- https://redcanary.com/blog/windows-registry-attacks-threat-detection/
tags:
  analytic_story: Windows Registry Abuse
  category:
  - Malware
  product:
  - Splunk Enterprise
  - Splunk Enterprise Security
  - Splunk Cloud
  usecase: Advanced Threat Detection