Sigma rule: Displaying Hidden Files Feature Disabled

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-7e2675d3f919, updated 2024-03-26T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Displaying Hidden Files Feature Disabled
Status: test
Level: medium
Author: frack113
Date: 2022-04-02
Modified: 2024-03-26
File: rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_hide_file.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects modifications to the "Hidden" and "ShowSuperHidden" explorer registry values in order to disable showing of hidden files and system files.
This technique is abused by several malware families to hide their files from normal users.

Log source

product: windows
category: registry_set

Detection

selection:
    TargetObject|endswith:
        - '\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ShowSuperHidden'
        - '\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Hidden'
    Details: 'DWORD (0x00000000)'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Unknown

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1564.001

References

https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1564.001/T1564.001.md#atomic-test-8---hide-files-through-registry

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_hide_file.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Displaying Hidden Files Feature Disabled" by frack113 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_hide_file.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: Displaying Hidden Files Feature Disabled",
entity page, dataset version ref-7e2675d3f919, updated 2024-03-26T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/5a5152f1-463f-436b-b2f5-8eceb3964b42 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 5a5152f1-463f-436b-b2f5-8eceb3964b42, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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