Disabled IE Security Features

Detects command lines that indicate unwanted modifications to registry keys that disable important Internet Explorer security features

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 1title: Disabled IE Security Features
 2id: fb50eb7a-5ab1-43ae-bcc9-091818cb8424
 3status: test
 4description: Detects command lines that indicate unwanted modifications to registry keys that disable important Internet Explorer security features
 5references:
 6    - https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/operation-ke3chang-resurfaces-with-new-tidepool-malware/
 7author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2020/06/19
 9modified: 2021/11/27
10tags:
11    - attack.defense_evasion
12    - attack.t1562.001
13logsource:
14    category: process_creation
15    product: windows
16detection:
17    selection1:
18        CommandLine|contains|all:
19            - ' -name IEHarden '
20            - ' -value 0 '
21    selection2:
22        CommandLine|contains|all:
23            - ' -name DEPOff '
24            - ' -value 1 '
25    selection3:
26        CommandLine|contains|all:
27            - ' -name DisableFirstRunCustomize '
28            - ' -value 2 '
29    condition: 1 of selection*
30falsepositives:
31    - Unknown
32level: high

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