Wevtutil Cleared Log

This use case is designed to detect when "wevtutil" is used to clear logs to potentially obfuscate malicious events occurring prior to the clean up.

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Platform: Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source product: securityevents windowssecurityevents
Log source service: securityevent

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Wevtutil Cleared Log

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MITRE ATT&CK mappings

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