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hunting-for-registry-persistence-mechanisms

Hunts for registry-based persistence mechanisms (MITRE T1547) in Windows environments, including Run/RunOnce keys, Winlogon Shell/Userinit modifications, Image File Execution Options (IFEO) debugger injection, and COM hijacking via CLSID overrides. Use when auditing the registry for persistence artifacts or building detections for registry-based malware autostart techniques.

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# Hunting For Registry Persistence Mechanisms

## When to Use

- When proactively hunting for indicators of hunting for registry persistence mechanisms in the environment
- After threat intelligence indicates active campaigns using these techniques
- During incident response to scope compromise related to these techniques
- When EDR or SIEM alerts trigger on related indicators
- During periodic security assessments and purple team exercises

## Prerequisites

- EDR platform with process and network telemetry (CrowdStrike, MDE, SentinelOne)
- SIEM with relevant log data ingested (Splunk, Elastic, Sentinel)