Detecting Tampering of Windows Security Audit Policy
Recently, I finished reading a book I strongly recommend to anyone working in Threat Hunting, BTFM (Blue Team Field Manual). Among the different topics mentioned on it, I want to talk about the auditpol.exe which is a built-in Windows command-line utility used to view and configure the Windows security auditing policy. It controls what types of security-relevant actions (logon events, privilege use, object access, policy changes, etc.) are recorded in the Windows Security event log. Why...