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MediumSigmaHQ Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) +1

Potential Persistence Attempt Via Run Keys Using Reg.EXE

Detects suspicious command line reg.exe tool adding key to RUN key in Registry

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: 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

Discord
Legitimate administrator sets up autorun keys for legitimate reasons.
Legitimate software automatically (mostly, during installation) sets up autorun keys for legitimate reasons.

References

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
app.any.run/tasks/9c0f37bc-867a-4314-b685-e101566766d7/	Sandbox submission	Only this detection cites it
github.com/HackTricks-wiki/hacktricks/blob/e4c7b21b8f36c97c35b7c622732b38a189ce18f7/src/windows-hardening/windows-local-privilege-escalation/privilege-escalation-with-autorun-binaries.md	Tool	8
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/setupapi/run-and-runonce-registry-keys	Product documentation	Only this detection cites it

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