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splunk-security_content/detections/endpoint/disabling_task_manager.yml

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name: Disabling Task Manager
id: dac279bc-9202-11eb-b7fb-acde48001122
version: 1
date: '2021-03-31'
author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk
type: batch
datamodel:
- Endpoint
description: This search is to identifies modification of registry to disable the
task manager of windows operating system. this event or technique are commonly seen
in malware such as RAT, Trojan, TrojanSpy or worm to prevent the user to terminate
their process.
search: '| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time)
as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Registry where Registry.registry_path= "*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System\\DisableTaskMgr"
Registry.registry_value_name = "DWORD (0x00000001)" by Registry.registry_path Registry.registry_key_name
Registry.registry_value_name Registry.dest | `drop_dm_object_name(Registry)` | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` | `disabling_task_manager_filter`'
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. Also make sure
that this registry was included in your config files ex. sysmon config to be monitored.
known_false_positives: admin may disable this application for non technical user.
references:
- https://any.run/report/ea4ea08407d4ee72e009103a3b77e5a09412b722fdef67315ea63f22011152af/a866d7b1-c236-4f26-a391-5ae32213dfc4#registry
- https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2020/05/threat-roundup-0424-0501.html
tags:
analytic_story:
- Windows Defense Evasion Tactics
kill_chain_phases:
- Exploitation
mitre_attack_id:
- T1562.001
product:
- Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Enterprise Security
- Splunk Cloud
required_fields:
- _time
- Registry.registry_key_name
- Registry.registry_path
- Registry.user
- Registry.dest
- Registry.registry_value_name
security_domain: endpoint
automated_detection_testing: passed
dataset:
- https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1562.001/win_app_defender_disabling/windows-security.log
- https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1562.001/win_app_defender_disabling/windows-system.log
- https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1562.001/win_app_defender_disabling/windows-sysmon.log