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Windows Recall Feature Enabled - Registry — Sigma Rule
Sigma rule 75180c5f-4ea1-461a-a4f6-6e4700c065d4. Windows Recall Feature Enabled - Registry — Sigma Rule. Detects the enabling of the Windows Recall feature via registry manipulation. Windows Recall can be enabled by setting the value of "DisableAIDataAnalysis" to "0". Adversaries may enable Windows Recall as part of post-exploitation discovery and collection activities. This rule assumes that Recall is already explicitly disabled on the host, and subsequently enabled by the adversary.
Rule metadata and linked tags
Author: Sajid Nawaz Khan. Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2024-06-02 / not supplied.
{
"category": "registry_set",
"product": "windows"
}Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1
Source SHA-256: 02482065aaf611d850ed9ff00b357db2b22fd49573d6e16de2cc4f382209dd83
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: Windows Recall Feature Enabled - Registry
id: 75180c5f-4ea1-461a-a4f6-6e4700c065d4
related:
- id: 5dfc1465-8f65-4fde-8eb5-6194380c6a62
type: similar
- id: 817f252c-5143-4dae-b418-48c3e9f63728
type: similar
status: test
description: |
Detects the enabling of the Windows Recall feature via registry manipulation. Windows Recall can be enabled by setting the value of "DisableAIDataAnalysis" to "0".
Adversaries may enable Windows Recall as part of post-exploitation discovery and collection activities.
This rule assumes that Recall is already explicitly disabled on the host, and subsequently enabled by the adversary.
references:
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/manage-recall
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-windowsai#disableaidataanalysis
author: Sajid Nawaz Khan
date: 2024-06-02
tags:
- attack.collection
- attack.t1113
logsource:
category: registry_set
product: windows
detection:
selection:
# HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI\DisableAIDataAnalysis
# HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI\DisableAIDataAnalysis
TargetObject|endswith: '\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI\DisableAIDataAnalysis'
Details: 'DWORD (0x00000000)'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Legitimate use/activation of Windows Recall
level: medium
False positives
- Legitimate use/activation of Windows Recall
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