Suspicious Query of MachineGUID — Sigma Rule

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: frack113. Source status: test; severity: low. Source dates: 2022-01-01 / not supplied.

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

Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1

Source SHA-256: 2d5dbf40573c4ba23d271ffb4e67f1e6f5dd3392c5eaaa2511129784ffcbb65d

Detection logic

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title: Suspicious Query of MachineGUID
id: f5240972-3938-4e56-8e4b-e33893176c1f
status: test
description: Use of reg to get MachineGuid information
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1082/T1082.md#atomic-test-8---windows-machineguid-discovery
author: frack113
date: 2022-01-01
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1082
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\reg.exe'
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography'
            - '/v '
            - 'MachineGuid'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: low

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False positives

• Unknown

Source references

• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1082/T1082.md#atomic-test-8---windows-machineguid-discovery