
title: NetWire RAT Registry Key
Note: You likely will have to change the sysmon configuration file. Per SwiftOnSecurity
  "Because Sysmon runs as a service, it has no filtering ability for, or concept of,
  HKCU or HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Use "contains" or "end with" to get around this limitation"
  Therefore I set <TargetObject condition="contains">netwire</TargetObjecct> in my
  configuration.
author: Christopher Peacock
date: 2021/10/07
description: Attempts to detect registry events for common NetWire key HKCU\Software\NetWire
detection:
  SELECTION_1:
    EventID: 12
  SELECTION_2:
    EventID: 13
  SELECTION_3:
    EventID: 14
  SELECTION_4:
    TargetObject: '*\software\NetWire*'
  condition: ((SELECTION_1 or SELECTION_2 or SELECTION_3) and SELECTION_4)
falsepositives:
- No known false positives
id: 1d218616-71b0-4c40-855b-9dbe75510f7f
level: high
logsource:
  category: registry_event
  product: windows
references:
- https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/new-netwire-rat-variant-spread-by-phishing
- https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/topic/netwire-malware-what-it-is-how-it-works-and-how-to-prevent-it-malware-spotlight/
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/guloader-installing-netwire-rat/
- https://blogs.blackberry.com/en/2021/09/threat-thursday-netwire-rat-is-coming-down-the-line
- https://app.any.run/tasks/41ecdbde-4997-4301-a350-0270448b4c8f/
status: experimental
tags:
- attack.defense_evasion
- attack.t1112
ruletype: SIGMA
