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Audio Capture T1123

An adversary can leverage a computer's peripheral devices (e.g., microphones and webcams) or applications (e.g., voice and video call services) to capture audio recordings for the purpose of listening into sensitive conversations to gather information.

Events covered

8 catalog events are tagged with this technique by at least one rule.

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon1Process creation
Sysmon12RegistryEvent (Object create and delete)
Sysmon13RegistryEvent (Value Set)
Sysmon14RegistryEvent (Key and Value Rename)
Security-Auditing4656A handle to an object was requested.
Security-Auditing4657A registry value was modified.
Security-Auditing4663An attempt was made to access an object.
Security-Auditing4688A new process has been created.

Authoring guide

Patterns shared across the 4 rules above: which fields they filter on, what specific values they look for, and what they exclude. Field names are normalized across vendors so Sigma's Image, Elastic's process.name, and Splunk's process_name collapse into one row. Each rule contributes at most once per row.

Fields filtered most (4 distinct)

The fields most rules look at when detecting this technique. The How column shows the operators authors use (eq, wildcard, regex_match, match) and how often each appears. Sample values are concrete examples to start from, not an exhaustive list.

FieldRulesHowSample values
CommandLine2match 2Toggle-AudioDevice, Write-AudioDevice , Set-AudioDevice , /FILE
Image1ends_with 1\SoundRecorder.exe
ObjectName1match 1\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAcce..., \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAcce...
TargetObject1match 1\NonPackaged, \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAcce..., :#Users#Public#

Top indicator values (19 distinct)

Specific (field, operator, value) combinations the rules check for, ranked by how many rules under this technique use each one. The Corpus reach column counts how many rules across the entire catalog (any technique) check the same combination. High numbers point to widely-used indicators that are likely noisy on their own; combine them with another condition for useful signal. Blank means the combination is specific to rules under this technique.

FieldKindValueRules (here)Corpus reach
CommandLinematchWrite-AudioDevice 1
CommandLinematchWindowsAudioDevice-Powershell-Cmdlet1
CommandLinematchSet-AudioDevice 1
CommandLinematchGet-AudioDevice 1
CommandLinematchToggle-AudioDevice1
CommandLinematch/FILE1
Imageends_with\SoundRecorder.exe1
ObjectNamematch\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentSto...1
ObjectNamematch\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentSto...1
TargetObjectmatch:#Windows#Temp#1
TargetObjectmatch\NonPackaged1
TargetObjectmatchmicrophone1
TargetObjectmatchwebcam1
TargetObjectmatch:#Users#Desktop#1
TargetObjectmatch:#Users#Public#1
TargetObjectmatch:#Users#Default#1
TargetObjectmatch:#Temp#1
TargetObjectmatch:#$Recycle.bin#1
TargetObjectmatch\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\1

Rules under this technique

Every rule in the catalog tagged with this technique, grouped by vendor. Click a rule title for its full predicates, exclusions, and indicators.

Sigma 4 rules