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splunk-security_content/detections/endpoint/disable_logs_using_wevtutil.yml
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name: Disable Logs Using WevtUtil
id: 236e7c8e-c9d9-11eb-a824-acde48001122
version: 1
date: '2021-06-10'
author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk
status: production
type: TTP
description: This search is to detect execution of wevtutil.exe to disable logs. This
technique was seen in several ransomware to disable the event logs to evade alerts
and detections.
data_source:
- Sysmon Event ID 1
search: '| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time)
as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where Processes.process_name = "wevtutil.exe"
Processes.process = "*sl*" Processes.process = "*/e:false*" by Processes.parent_process_name
Processes.parent_process Processes.process_name Processes.process Processes.dest
Processes.user Processes.process_id Processes.process_guid | `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)`
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` | `disable_logs_using_wevtutil_filter`'
how_to_implement: The detection is based on data that originates from Endpoint Detection
and Response (EDR) agents. These agents are designed to provide security-related
telemetry from the endpoints where the agent is installed. To implement this search,
you must ingest logs that contain the process GUID, process name, and parent process.
Additionally, you must ingest complete command-line executions. These logs must
be processed using the appropriate Splunk Technology Add-ons that are specific to
the EDR product. The logs must also be mapped to the `Processes` node of the `Endpoint`
data model. Use the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) to normalize the field
names and speed up the data modeling process.
known_false_positives: network operator may disable audit event logs for debugging
purposes.
references:
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-ransom-x-ransomware-used-in-texas-txdot-cyberattack/
tags:
analytic_story:
- Ransomware
asset_type: Endpoint
confidence: 80
impact: 30
message: WevtUtil.exe used to disable Event Logging on $dest
mitre_attack_id:
- T1070
- T1070.001
observable:
- name: dest
type: Endpoint
role:
- Victim
product:
- Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Enterprise Security
- Splunk Cloud
required_fields:
- _time
- Processes.parent_process_name
- Processes.parent_process
- Processes.process_name
- Processes.process
- Processes.dest
- Processes.user
- Processes.process_id
- Processes.process_guid
risk_score: 24
security_domain: endpoint
tests:
- name: True Positive Test
attack_data:
- data: https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/malware/ransomware_ttp/data1/windows-sysmon.log
source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
sourcetype: xmlwineventlog