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MDE not detecting regsecrets.py from impacket-toolkit
Why is Microsoft not making this kind of data available in the advanced hunting ?
I have marked a few things i can see in the device timeline but I'm not able to find it in the advanced hunting logs:
In the table DeviceRegistryEvents there are only the ActionTypes:
- RegistryKeyDeleted
- RegistryKeyCreated
- RegistryValueSet
- RegistryValueDeleted
Hope someone can shed some light on this.
This is a tough one to catch, to be sure (red teamer here). However, depending on your log stack, ingestion configuration, etc, my first advice is make sure you are collecting process invocation (4688) events. This tool also uses the RemoteRegistry service to perform its operations over SMB/445 - so there might be some additional opportunities there. While this is not a perfect detection mechanism, it should get you moving in the right direction.
Sentinel KQL I use for this detect:
SecurityEvent
| where EventID == 4688
| where CommandLine contains "RemoteRegistry"
| project TimeGenerated , Computer , ParentProcessName , CommandLine
