title: ETW Logging Disabled For SCM
id: 4f281b83-0200-4b34-bf35-d24687ea57c2
status: test
description: Detects changes to the "TracingDisabled" key in order to disable ETW logging for services.exe (SCM)
references:
- http://redplait.blogspot.com/2020/07/whats-wrong-with-etw.html
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-12-09
modified: 2023-08-17
tags:
- attack.persistence
- attack.defense-impairment
- attack.t1112
- attack.t1685
logsource:
product: windows
category: registry_set
detection:
selection:
TargetObject|endswith: 'Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\SCM\Regular\TracingDisabled'
Details: 'DWORD (0x00000001)' # Funny (sad) enough, this value is by default 1.
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: low