Sigma rule: Add Debugger Entry To Hangs Key For Persistence

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-43a63ab9dd8b, updated 2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Add Debugger Entry To Hangs Key For Persistence
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date
2022-07-21
Modified
2023-08-17
File
rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_hangs_debugger_persistence.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects when an attacker adds a new "Debugger" value to the "Hangs" key in order to achieve persistence which will get invoked when an application crashes

Log source

product
windows
category
registry_set

Detection

selection:
    TargetObject|contains: '\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\Hangs\Debugger'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • This value is not set by default but could be rarly used by administrators

Tags

  • attack.persistence

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_hangs_debugger_persistence.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Add Debugger Entry To Hangs Key For Persistence" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_hangs_debugger_persistence.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Add Debugger Entry To Hangs Key For Persistence",
entity page, dataset version ref-43a63ab9dd8b, updated 2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/833ef470-fa01-4631-a79b-6f291c9ac498 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 833ef470-fa01-4631-a79b-6f291c9ac498, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

Pages change. The dataset version identifies the data, but no archive of old versions is kept, so this citation cannot be replayed later.