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Posts tagged: #persistence

Step-by-step checklist for WMI persistence: live queries, the repository, event IDs 5860 and 5861, Sysmon 19-21, execution evidence and a safe clean-up.
The two WMI subscriptions Windows ships (SCM Event Log, BVTFilter/BVTConsumer): what they contain, why they are harmless, how attackers can abuse the names.
Why deleted WMI filters, consumers and bindings survive in OBJECTS.DATA, how index walking and carving differ, and python-cim vs PyWMIPersistenceFinder.
How WMI event subscription persistence works: __EventFilter, event consumers and __FilterToConsumerBinding, where they are stored and how to find them.