That moves their binaries out of user-controlled folders. NOTE: This configuration is designed for PER-MACHINE installs of Chrome and OneDrive. You can remove DNS events from Event Viewer screen by applying a 'Filter Current View' for event IDs of: -22Īdditionally, if you want to monitor DNS, you should deploy client-side adblocking to reduce lookups. If you are starting out on your monitoring journey, just remove that section. NOTE: By default this monitors DNS, which is extremely noisy. Additionally, be mindful of process-hollowing / imitation. Processes are routinely used by threats - do not blindly exclude them. Sysmon's purpose is providing context during a threat or problem investigation. NOTE: Sysmon is NOT a whitelist solution or HIDS correlation engine, it is a computer change logging tool.ĭo NOT ignore everything possible. Its purpose is to democratize system monitoring for all organizations. This is to make analysis of intrusions possible by hand, and to try to surface anomalous activity as quicklyĪs possible to technicians armed only with Event Viewer. Significant effort over years has been invested in front-loading as much filtering as possible onto theĬlient. This configuration is based around known, high-signal event tracing, and thus appears complicated, but it is only veryĭetailed. NOTE: Do not let the size and complexity of this configuration discourage you from customizing it or building your own. NOTE: To collect Sysmon logs centrally for free, see | Command to allow log access to the Network Service: REQUIRED: Sysmon version 13 or higher (due to changes in syntax and bug-fixes)