{"id":"75f7a0e2-7154-4c4d-9eae-5cdb4e0a5c13","title":"Write Protect For Storage Disabled","description":"Detects applications trying to modify the registry in order to disable any write-protect property for storage devices.\nThis could be a precursor to a ransomware attack and has been an observed technique used by cypherpunk group.\n","author":"Sreeman","status":"test","level":"medium","date":"2021-06-11","modified":"2024-01-18","tags":["attack.defense-impairment","attack.t1685"],"technique_ids":["T1685"],"logsource":{"product":"windows","category":"process_creation"},"falsepositives":["Unknown"],"references":["https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/os-imaging-deployment/media-is-write-protected.html"],"source_path":"rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_reg_write_protect_for_storage_disabled.yml","source_sha256":"7d672e9590eff13ae4ce93609b419580cd08ee1b51be13749a14d5f39127bc12","source_url":"https://github.com/anpa1200/sigma/blob/b249e9683190cffdcaf188ccbfb90bf4759844e1/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_reg_write_protect_for_storage_disabled.yml","license":"Detection Rule License 1.1","license_url":"https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License/blob/main/LICENSE.Detection.Rules.md","yaml":"title: Write Protect For Storage Disabled\nid: 75f7a0e2-7154-4c4d-9eae-5cdb4e0a5c13\nstatus: test\ndescription: |\n    Detects applications trying to modify the registry in order to disable any write-protect property for storage devices.\n    This could be a precursor to a ransomware attack and has been an observed technique used by cypherpunk group.\nreferences:\n    - https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/os-imaging-deployment/media-is-write-protected.html\nauthor: Sreeman\ndate: 2021-06-11\nmodified: 2024-01-18\ntags:\n    - attack.defense-impairment\n    - attack.t1685\nlogsource:\n    product: windows\n    category: process_creation\ndetection:\n    selection:\n        CommandLine|contains|all:\n            - '\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control'\n            - 'Write Protection'\n            - '0'\n            - 'storage'\n    condition: selection\nfalsepositives:\n    - Unknown\nlevel: medium\n","validation":"yaml_parsed_not_backend_compiled_or_live_validated","techniques":[{"key":"enterprise/T1685","id":"T1685","name":"Disable or Modify Tools","page":"techniques/enterprise/T1685/"}],"data_path":"data/detection-rules/75f7a0e2-7154-4c4d-9eae-5cdb4e0a5c13.json","kind":"sigma"}