Disable Windows Security Center Notifications — Sigma Rule

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: frack113. Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2022-08-19 / 2023-08-17.

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

Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1

Source SHA-256: f087ed205d236cefa7cfc472f775cace85f214cbae854ff81475abea80887ab7

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 Windows Security Center Notifications
id: 3ae1a046-f7db-439d-b7ce-b8b366b81fa6
status: test
description: Detect set UseActionCenterExperience to 0 to disable the Windows security center notification
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/40b77d63808dd4f4eafb83949805636735a1fd15/atomics/T1112/T1112.md
author: frack113
date: 2022-08-19
modified: 2023-08-17
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1112
logsource:
    category: registry_set
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|endswith: 'Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell\UseActionCenterExperience'
        Details: 'DWORD (0x00000000)'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium
regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_disable_security_center_notifications/info.yml
simulation:
    - type: atomic-red-team
      name: Disable Windows Security Center Notifications
      technique: T1112
      atomic_guid: 45914594-8df6-4ea9-b3cc-7eb9321a807e

Original YAML and metadata in JSON

False positives

• Unknown

Source references

• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/40b77d63808dd4f4eafb83949805636735a1fd15/atomics/T1112/T1112.md