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hunting-for-persistence-mechanisms-in-windows
Systematically hunts for adversary persistence mechanisms across Windows endpoints, covering registry Run/RunOnce keys, services, startup folders, scheduled tasks, and WMI event subscriptions. Use when performing a broad persistence sweep during incident response or building SIEM detections that cover the full range of Windows persistence techniques (MITRE T1547).
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# Hunting for Persistence Mechanisms in Windows
## When to Use
- During periodic proactive threat hunts for dormant backdoors
- After an incident to identify all persistence mechanisms an attacker planted
- When investigating unusual services, scheduled tasks, or startup entries
- When threat intel reports describe new persistence techniques in the wild
- During security posture assessments to identify unauthorized persistent software
## Prerequisites
- Sysmon deployed with Event IDs 12/13/14 (Registry), 19/20/21 (WMI), 1 (Process Creation)
- Windows Security Event forwarding for 4697 (Service Install), 4698 (Scheduled Task)