Sysmon
Recommended Sysmon EventIDs worth monitoring:
Event ID 1: Process Creation
Event ID 3: Network Connection
Event ID 7: Image Loaded
Event ID 8: CreateRemoteThread
Event ID 11: File Created
Event ID 12 / 13 / 14: Registry Event
Event ID 15: FileCreateStreamHash
Event ID 22: DNS Event
Filtering syntax:
Filter by Event ID:
*/System/EventID=<ID>
Filter by XML Attribute/Name:
*/EventData/Data[@Name="<XML Attribute/Name>"]
Filter by Event Data:
*/EventData/Data=<Data>