Sigma rule: Potential Ursnif Malware Activity - Registry
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-58bf4256a777, updated 2025-10-22T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- Potential Ursnif Malware Activity - Registry
- Status
- test
- Level
- high
- Author
- megan201296
- Date
- 2019-02-13
- Modified
- 2025-10-22
- File
- rules-emerging-threats/2019/Malware/Ursnif/registry_add_malware_ursnif.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Detects registry keys related to Ursnif malware.
Log source
- product
- windows
- category
- registry_add
Detection
selection:
TargetObject|endswith: '\Software\AppDataLow\Software\Microsoft\3A861D62-51E0-7C9D-AB0E-15700F2219A4'
condition: selectionFalse positives (as the rule lists them)
- Unknown
Tags
- attack.persistence
- attack.execution
- attack.defense-impairment
- attack.t1112
- detection.emerging-threats
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
References
- https://blog.yoroi.company/research/ursnif-long-live-the-steganography/
- https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/phishing-campaign-uses-hijacked-emails-to-deliver-ursnif-by-replying-to-ongoing-threads/
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/2019/Malware/Ursnif/registry_add_malware_ursnif.yml
Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"Potential Ursnif Malware Activity - Registry" by megan201296 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2019/Malware/Ursnif/registry_add_malware_ursnif.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 Ursnif Malware Activity - Registry",
entity page, dataset version ref-58bf4256a777, updated 2025-10-22T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/21f17060-b282-4249-ade0-589ea3591558 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 21f17060-b282-4249-ade0-589ea3591558, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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