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Registry Disable System Restore

Detects the modification of the registry to disable a system restore on the computer

MITRE ATT&CK

impact

Detection Query

selection:
  TargetObject|contains:
    - \Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore
    - \Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore
  TargetObject|endswith:
    - DisableConfig
    - DisableSR
  Details: DWORD (0x00000001)
condition: selection

Author

frack113

Created

2022-04-04

Data Sources

windowsRegistry Set Events

Platforms

windows

Tags

attack.impactattack.t1490
Raw Content
title: Registry Disable System Restore
id: 5de03871-5d46-4539-a82d-3aa992a69a83
status: test
description: Detects the modification of the registry to disable a system restore on the computer
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1490/T1490.md#atomic-test-9---disable-system-restore-through-registry
author: frack113
date: 2022-04-04
modified: 2023-08-17
tags:
    - attack.impact
    - attack.t1490
logsource:
    category: registry_set
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|contains:
            - '\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore'
            - '\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore'
        TargetObject|endswith:
            - DisableConfig
            - DisableSR
        Details: 'DWORD (0x00000001)'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high