Sigma rule: Potential NetWire RAT Activity - Registry
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-c65b427a20ca, updated 2025-11-03T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- Potential NetWire RAT Activity - Registry
- Status
- test
- Level
- high
- Author
- Christopher Peacock
- Date
- 2021-10-07
- Modified
- 2025-11-03
- File
- rules-emerging-threats/2021/Malware/Netwire/registry_add_malware_netwire.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Detects registry keys related to NetWire RAT
Log source
- product
- windows
- category
- registry_add
Detection
selection:
# The configuration information is usually stored under HKCU:\Software\Netwire - RedCanary
TargetObject|contains: '\software\NetWire'
condition: selectionFalse positives (as the rule lists them)
- Unknown
Tags
- attack.persistence
- attack.defense-impairment
- attack.t1112
- detection.emerging-threats
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
References
- https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/new-netwire-rat-variant-spread-by-phishing
- https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/topic/netwire-malware-what-it-is-how-it-works-and-how-to-prevent-it-malware-spotlight/
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/guloader-installing-netwire-rat/
- https://blogs.blackberry.com/en/2021/09/threat-thursday-netwire-rat-is-coming-down-the-line
- https://app.any.run/tasks/41ecdbde-4997-4301-a350-0270448b4c8f/
Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2021/Malware/Netwire/registry_add_malware_netwire.yml
Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"Potential NetWire RAT Activity - Registry" by Christopher Peacock (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2021/Malware/Netwire/registry_add_malware_netwire.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
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Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Potential NetWire RAT Activity - Registry",
entity page, dataset version ref-c65b427a20ca, updated 2025-11-03T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/1d218616-71b0-4c40-855b-9dbe75510f7f (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 1d218616-71b0-4c40-855b-9dbe75510f7f, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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