Sigma rule: Disable Privacy Settings Experience in Registry

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-99d7673addf5, updated 2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Disable Privacy Settings Experience in Registry
Status: test
Level: medium
Author: frack113
Date: 2022-10-02
Modified: 2023-08-17
File: rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_disable_privacy_settings_experience.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects registry modifications that disable Privacy Settings Experience

Log source

product: windows
category: registry_set

Detection

selection:
    TargetObject|endswith: '\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\OOBE\DisablePrivacyExperience'
    Details: 'DWORD (0x00000000)'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Legitimate admin script

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1685

References

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

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_disable_privacy_settings_experience.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Disable Privacy Settings Experience in Registry" by frack113 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_disable_privacy_settings_experience.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Disable Privacy Settings Experience in Registry",
entity page, dataset version ref-99d7673addf5, updated 2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/0372e1f9-0fd2-40f7-be1b-a7b2b848fa7b (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 0372e1f9-0fd2-40f7-be1b-a7b2b848fa7b, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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