Sigma rule: SilentProcessExit Monitor Registration

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-ebd45d214a27, updated 2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z.

SigmaHQ marks this rule as deprecated.

Rule

Title
SilentProcessExit Monitor Registration
Status
deprecated
Level
high
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date
2021/02/26
Modified
2023/08/17
File
deprecated/windows/registry_set_silentprocessexit.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects changes to the Registry in which a monitor program gets registered to monitor the exit of another process

Log source

product
windows
category
registry_set

Detection

selection:
    TargetObject|contains: 'Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SilentProcessExit'
    Details|contains: 'MonitorProcess'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.persistence
  • attack.t1546.012

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

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

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "SilentProcessExit Monitor Registration" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/deprecated/windows/registry_set_silentprocessexit.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: SilentProcessExit Monitor Registration",
entity page, dataset version ref-ebd45d214a27, updated 2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/c81fe886-cac0-4913-a511-2822d72ff505 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule c81fe886-cac0-4913-a511-2822d72ff505, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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