Information about the "Changes in the registry" event

The window showing information about Registry modified events contains the following details:

• Tree of events.
• Recommendations for processing an event.
• Registry modified section:
  • IOA tags—Information about the results of file analysis using the Targeted Attack Analyzer technology: name of the TAA (IOA) rule that was used to create the alert.

    Click the link to display information about the TAA (IOA) rule. If the rule was provided by Kaspersky experts, it contains information about the triggered

    MITRE technique

    The MITRE ATT&CK (Adversarial Tactics, Techniques & Common Knowledge) database contains descriptions of hacker behavior based on the analysis of real attacks. It is a structured list of known hacker techniques represented as a table.

    as well as recommendations for reacting to the event.

    The field is displayed if a TAA (IOA) rule was triggered when the event was created.

  • Key path is the path to the registry key that was modified
  • Value name: for example, RegistrySizeLimit
  • Value data is the value of the registry entry
  • Value type: for example, REG_DWORD
  • Event time is the time of registry modification

    When changing the name or value of a registry key, you may see additional fields containing information about the state of the registry key prior to its modification:

    • The Previous key path field is displayed when the name of the registry key is modified.
    • The Previous value data field is displayed when the registry value is modified.
    • The Previous value type field is displayed when the type of the registry value is modified.

      Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform receives the data required to populate the Previous key path, Previous value data, Previous value type fields only when Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform is integrated with the Kaspersky Endpoint Agent for Windows program version 3.10 or later. When integrating the program with older versions of the Kaspersky Endpoint Agent, the fields are not displayed in the event information.

• Event initiator section:
  • File—Path to the parent process file.

    Clicking the link with the file name or file path opens a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

    • Find events.
    • Find alerts.
    • Copy value to clipboard.

    Run the following tasks:

    • Kill process.
    • Kill by unique PID.
    • Delete file.
    • Get file.
    • Get forensics.
    • Quarantine file.
  • MD5—MD5 hash of the parent process file.

    Clicking the MD5 link opens a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

    • Find events.
    • Find alerts.
    • Find on TIP

      Kaspersky information system Contains and displays reputation information for files and URL addresses.

      .
    • Find in Storage.
    • Create prevention rule.

    Copy value to clipboard.

  • SHA256—SHA256 hash of the parent process file.

    Clicking the SHA256 link opens a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

    • Find events.
    • Find alerts.
    • Find on TIP.
    • Find in Storage.
    • Create prevention rule.
    • Copy value to clipboard.
• System info section:
  • Host name—Name of the host on which the registry modification was made.

    Clicking the link with the host name opens a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

    • Find events.
    • Find alerts.
    • Copy value to clipboard.

    Run the following tasks:

    • Get data → File, Forensics, Disk image, Memory dump.
    • Kill process.
    • Delete file.
    • Quarantine file.
    • Run program.
  • Host IP—IP address of the host on which the registry modification was made.

    If you are using dynamic IP addresses, the field displays the IP address assigned to the host at the moment when the event was created.

    The program does not support IPv6. If you are using IPv6, the IP address of the host is not displayed.

  • User name—Name of the user that made the change in the registry.
  • OS name—Version of the operating system being used on the host.

You can view information about the modification of the selected register key by editing or replacing the Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform configuration file. To edit or replace the configuration file of the program, you must contact Technical Support.

You are strongly advised not to perform any operations with the Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform configuration file in Technical Support Mode without advice or instructions from Technical Support staff.