MediumSigmaHQ Ilyas Ochkov +2

New DLL Added to AppInit_DLLs Registry Key

DLLs that are specified in the AppInit_DLLs value in the Registry key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows are loaded by user32.dll into every process that loads user32.dll

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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: registry_event

Known benign triggers

Unknown

References

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Reference	Class	Cited by
eqllib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/analytics/822dc4c5-b355-4df8-bd37-29c458997b8f.html	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it

Detection rules

New DLL Added to AppInit_DLLs Registry Key

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

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