MediumSigmaHQ Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

PUA - Sysinternals Tools Execution - Registry

Detects the execution of some potentially unwanted tools such as PsExec, Procdump, etc. (part of the Sysinternals suite) via the creation of the "accepteula" registry key.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: PRE
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

Legitimate use of SysInternals tools. Filter the legitimate paths used in your environment

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
twitter.com/Moti_B/status/1008587936735035392	Social post	3

Detection rules

PUA - Sysinternals Tools Execution - Registry

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

From the source

Licence

Authorship

Detection rules