Detection rules › Sigma
Registry Persistence via Service in Safe Mode
Detects the modification of the registry to allow a driver or service to persist in Safe Mode.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Defense Evasion | T1564.001 Hide Artifacts: Hidden Files and Directories |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 13 | RegistryEvent (Value Set) |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: selection
or:
TargetObject|contains: '\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\'
TargetObject|contains: '\Control\SafeBoot\Network\'
Details: Service
TargetObject|endswith: '\(Default)'
Stage 2: not 1 of filter_optional_*
or:
or:
TargetObject|endswith: '\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\Hexnode Agent\(Default)'
TargetObject|endswith: '\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\Hexnode Updater\(Default)'
TargetObject|endswith: '\Control\SafeBoot\Network\Hexnode Agent\(Default)'
TargetObject|endswith: '\Control\SafeBoot\Network\Hexnode Updater\(Default)'
Details: Service
Image: 'C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\HexnodeAgent.exe'
or:
TargetObject|endswith: '\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\SAVService\(Default)'
TargetObject|endswith: '\Control\SafeBoot\Network\SAVService\(Default)'
Image: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe'
Details: Service
Image|endswith: '\MBAMInstallerService.exe'
TargetObject|endswith: '\MBAMService\(Default)'
Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
Details | eq |
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Image | ends_with |
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Image | eq |
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TargetObject | ends_with |
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TargetObject | match |
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