Suspicious Environment Variable Has Been Registered
Detects the creation of user-specific or system-wide environment variables via the registry. Which contains suspicious commands and strings
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- registry_set
Known benign triggers
- Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| infosec.exchange/@sbousseaden/109542254124022664 | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 966315ef-c5e1-4767-ba25-fce9c8de3660
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.persistenceattack.stealth
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1