CrashControl CrashDump Disabled — Sigma Rule

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Author: Tobias Michalski (Nextron Systems). Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2022-02-24 / 2023-08-17.

{
  "product": "windows",
  "category": "registry_set"
}

Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1

Source SHA-256: 03294c540058e18014d01c8bb3f1ac182568b88bf19367f7c0348b1b96331f5c

Detection logic

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title: CrashControl CrashDump Disabled
id: 2ff692c2-4594-41ec-8fcb-46587de769e0
status: test
description: Detects disabling the CrashDump per registry (as used by HermeticWiper)
references:
    - https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/hermetic-wiper-ukraine-under-attack/
author: Tobias Michalski (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-02-24
modified: 2023-08-17
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1564
    - attack.t1112
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: registry_set
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|contains: 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl'
        Details: 'DWORD (0x00000000)'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate disabling of crashdumps
level: medium

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False positives

• Legitimate disabling of crashdumps

Source references

• https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/hermetic-wiper-ukraine-under-attack/