Malicious ServiceDLL Registry Value Pointing to Non-Standard Path

Renata Cardoso@rcardososec

•updated Jul 1, 2026•3•0•11

Detects the modification of the 'ServiceDLL' Registry value for a Windows service to a path that resides outside of the standard C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Windows\SysWOW64 directories. This behavior is often associated with service hijacking or persistence techniques where an adversary points a service to a malicious DLL for execution.