Suspicious Shim Database Patching Activity

Detects installation of new shim databases that try to patch sections of known processes for potential process injection or persistence.

Detection logic

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

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
www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/05/fin7-shim-databases-persistence.html	Threat report	4
www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/pillowmint-fin7s-monkey-thief/	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it