Elastic Security Detection Rules

Potential RemoteMonologue Attack

Last updated 2 months ago on 2025-07-02
Created 4 months ago on 2025-04-14

About

Identifies attempt to perform session hijack via COM object registry modification by setting the RunAs value to Interactive User.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Defense EvasionData Source: Elastic DefendData Source: Elastic EndgameData Source: Microsoft Defender for EndpointData Source: SentinelOneData Source: SysmonLanguage: eql
Severity
high
Risk Score
73
MITRE ATT&CK™

Defense Evasion (TA0005)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Modify Registry (T1112)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Impair Defenses (T1562)(opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Event Correlation Rule
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
logs-endpoint.events.registry-*endgame-*logs-m365_defender.event-*logs-sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.*logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*
Related Integrations

endpoint(opens in a new tab or window)

m365_defender(opens in a new tab or window)

sentinel_one_cloud_funnel(opens in a new tab or window)

windows(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
registry where host.os.type == "windows" and event.action != "deletion" and registry.value == "RunAs" and registry.data.strings : "Interactive User"

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Potential RemoteMonologue Attack in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).