ETW Logging Disabled For SCM

calendar Oct 23, 2025 · attack.persistence attack.defense-evasion attack.t1112 attack.t1562  ·
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Detects changes to the "TracingDisabled" key in order to disable ETW logging for services.exe (SCM)

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 1title: ETW Logging Disabled For SCM
 2id: 4f281b83-0200-4b34-bf35-d24687ea57c2
 3status: test
 4description: Detects changes to the "TracingDisabled" key in order to disable ETW logging for services.exe (SCM)
 5references:
 6    - http://redplait.blogspot.com/2020/07/whats-wrong-with-etw.html
 7author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2022-12-09
 9modified: 2023-08-17
10tags:
11    - attack.persistence
12    - attack.defense-evasion
13    - attack.t1112
14    - attack.t1562
15logsource:
16    product: windows
17    category: registry_set
18detection:
19    selection:
20        TargetObject|endswith: 'Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\SCM\Regular\TracingDisabled'
21        Details: 'DWORD (0x00000001)' # Funny (sad) enough, this value is by default 1.
22    condition: selection
23falsepositives:
24    - Unknown
25level: low

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