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Disable Windows Security Center Notifications

Detect set UseActionCenterExperience to 0 to disable the Windows security center notification

MITRE ATT&CK

persistencedefense-evasion

Detection Query

selection:
  TargetObject|endswith: Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell\UseActionCenterExperience
  Details: DWORD (0x00000000)
condition: selection

Author

frack113

Created

2022-08-19

Data Sources

windowsRegistry Set Events

Platforms

windows

References

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

Tags

attack.persistenceattack.defense-evasionattack.t1112

Raw Content

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-evasion
    - 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