HighSigmaHQ E.M. Anhaus (originally from Atomic Blue Detections, Endgame) +1

Boot Configuration Tampering Via Bcdedit.EXE

Detects the use of the bcdedit command to tamper with the boot configuration data. This technique is often times used by malware or attackers as a destructive way before launching ransomware.

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Detection requirements

Platform: Containers ESXi IaaS Linux macOS Network Devices Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source category: process_creation

Known benign triggers

Unlikely

References

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Reference	Class	Cited by
eqllib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/analytics/c4732632-9c1d-4980-9fa8-1d98c93f918e.html	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1490/T1490.md	Detection test	10

Detection rules

Boot Configuration Tampering Via Bcdedit.EXE

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

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Detection rules