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Autorun or ASEP Registry Key Modification

Adversaries and malware persist by adding a program to the startup folder or a Registry run key, so it runs at user logon. Run keys have legitimate uses, but malicious entries often have random names or load objects…

Description

Adversaries and malware persist by adding a program to the startup folder or a Registry run key, so it runs at user logon. Run keys have legitimate uses, but malicious entries often have random names or load objects from temp or public folders.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform
Windows

The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.

Log source service
securityevent

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