MediumSigmaHQ Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Sysmon Configuration Update

Detects updates to Sysmon's configuration. Attackers might update or replace the Sysmon configuration with a bare bone one to avoid monitoring without shutting down the service completely

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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

Legitimate administrators might use this command to update Sysmon configuration.

References

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Reference	Class	Cited by
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sysmon	Product documentation	5

Detection rules

Sysmon Configuration Update

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

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Detection rules