Sigma rule: Registry Export of Third-Party Credentials

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-f609d93862ed, updated 2025-05-22T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Registry Export of Third-Party Credentials
Status
experimental
Level
high
Author
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
Date
2025-05-22
File
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_registry_export_of_thirdparty_creds.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the use of reg.exe to export registry paths associated with third-party credentials.
Credential stealers have been known to use this technique to extract sensitive information from the registry.

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\reg.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'reg.exe'
selection_cli_save:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - 'save'
        - 'export'
selection_cli_path:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - '\Software\Aerofox\Foxmail\V3.1'
        - '\Software\Aerofox\FoxmailPreview'
        - '\Software\DownloadManager\Passwords'
        - '\Software\FTPWare\COREFTP\Sites'
        - '\Software\IncrediMail\Identities'
        - '\Software\Martin Prikryl\WinSCP 2\Sessions'
        - '\Software\Mobatek\MobaXterm'
        - '\Software\OpenSSH\Agent\Keys'
        - '\Software\OpenVPN-GUI\configs'
        - '\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\Password'
        - '\Software\Qualcomm\Eudora\CommandLine'
        - '\Software\RealVNC\WinVNC4'
        - '\Software\RimArts\B2\Settings'
        - '\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\Sessions'
        - '\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\SshHostKeys'
        - '\Software\Sota\FFFTP'
        - '\Software\TightVNC\Server'
        - '\Software\WOW6432Node\Radmin\v3.0\Server\Parameters\Radmin'
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.credential-access
  • attack.t1552.002

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

Related rules

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/process_creation/proc_creation_win_registry_export_of_thirdparty_creds.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Registry Export of Third-Party Credentials" by Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_registry_export_of_thirdparty_creds.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: Registry Export of Third-Party Credentials",
entity page, dataset version ref-f609d93862ed, updated 2025-05-22T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/cc1abf27-78a3-4ac5-a51c-f3070b1d8e40 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule cc1abf27-78a3-4ac5-a51c-f3070b1d8e40, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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