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HighSigmaHQ Tobias Michalski (Nextron Systems) +2

Potential Persistence Via Outlook Home Page

Detects potential persistence activity via outlook home page. An attacker can set a home page to achieve code execution and persistence by editing the WebView registry keys.

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: registry_set

Known benign triggers

Unknown

References

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Reference	Class	Cited by
speakerdeck.com/heirhabarov/hunting-for-persistence-via-microsoft-exchange-server-or-outlook?slide=70	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/outlook-home-page-feature-is-missing-in-folder-properties-d207edb7-aa02-46c5-b608-5d9dbed9bd04?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
trustedsec.com/blog/specula-turning-outlook-into-a-c2-with-one-registry-change	Unclassified	2

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