Disable Privacy Settings Experience in Registry — Sigma Rule

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: frack113. Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2022-10-02 / 2023-08-17.

{
  "category": "registry_set",
  "product": "windows"
}

Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1

Source SHA-256: c9c5efcc38796d21aa70ec2e60273e5ef4f8421f16574bda9382b3fabb9f7f85

Detection logic

Original source YAML. Source-tag agreement is not proof of complete semantic coverage. This rule has not been compiled for a SIEM backend or validated against live telemetry here.

title: Disable Privacy Settings Experience in Registry
id: 0372e1f9-0fd2-40f7-be1b-a7b2b848fa7b
status: test
description: Detects registry modifications that disable Privacy Settings Experience
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/9e5b12c4912c07562aec7500447b11fa3e17e254/atomics/T1562.001/T1562.001.md
author: frack113
date: 2022-10-02
modified: 2023-08-17
tags:
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1685
logsource:
    category: registry_set
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|endswith: '\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\OOBE\DisablePrivacyExperience'
        Details: 'DWORD (0x00000000)'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate admin script
level: medium

Original YAML and metadata in JSON

False positives

• Legitimate admin script

Source references

• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/9e5b12c4912c07562aec7500447b11fa3e17e254/atomics/T1562.001/T1562.001.md