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Leviathan Registry Key Activity

Status
test
Severity
critical
Log source
product windows, category registry_event
Author
Aidan Bracher
Source
github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects registry key used by Leviathan APT in Malaysian focused campaign

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
PersistenceT1547.001 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
Privilege EscalationT1547.001 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Event coverage

ProviderEventTitle
SysmonEvent ID 12RegistryEvent (Object create and delete)
SysmonEvent ID 13RegistryEvent (Value Set)
SysmonEvent ID 14RegistryEvent (Key and Value Rename)

Rule body yaml

title: Leviathan Registry Key Activity
id: 70d43542-cd2d-483c-8f30-f16b436fd7db
status: test
description: Detects registry key used by Leviathan APT in Malaysian focused campaign
references:
    - https://www.elastic.co/blog/advanced-techniques-used-in-malaysian-focused-apt-campaign
author: Aidan Bracher
date: 2020-07-07
modified: 2023-09-19
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.t1547.001
    - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
    category: registry_event
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|contains: '\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ntkd'
    condition: selection
level: critical

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection

Stage 1: selection

selection:
    TargetObject|contains: '\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ntkd'

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
TargetObjectmatch
  • \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ntkd