Midnight Blizzard - Script payload stored in Registry
This query identifies when a process execution command-line indicates that a registry value is written to allow for later execution a malicious script References:…
Description
This query identifies when a process execution command-line indicates that a registry value is written to allow for later execution a malicious script References: https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/03/04/goldmax-goldfinder-sibot-analyzing-nobelium-malware/
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ContainersESXiIaaSIdentity ProviderLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesOffice SuiteSaaSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- securityeventswindowsforwardedeventswindowssecurityevents
- Log source service
- securityeventsecurityeventswindowsevent
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 00cb180c-08a8-4e55-a276-63fb1442d5b5
- Tagged by the source as
- ExecutionSecurity - Threat Intelligence
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Sep 2, 2026
- Version
- 1