Sigma rule: Office Security Settings Changed

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-bec71bd2e3d2, updated 2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z.

SigmaHQ marks this rule as deprecated.

Rule

Title
Office Security Settings Changed
Status
deprecated
Level
high
Author
Trent Liffick (@tliffick)
Date
2020/05/22
Modified
2023/08/17
File
deprecated/windows/registry_set_office_security.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects registry changes to Office macro settings. The TrustRecords contain information on executed macro-enabled documents. (see references)

Log source

product
windows
category
registry_set

Detection

selection:
    TargetObject|endswith:
        - '\Security\Trusted Documents\TrustRecords'
        - '\Security\AccessVBOM'
        - '\Security\VBAWarnings'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Valid Macros and/or internal documents

Tags

  • attack.defense_evasion
  • attack.t1112

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

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

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Office Security Settings Changed" by Trent Liffick (@tliffick) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/deprecated/windows/registry_set_office_security.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: Office Security Settings Changed",
entity page, dataset version ref-bec71bd2e3d2, updated 2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/9b894e57-033f-46cf-b7fa-a52804181973 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 9b894e57-033f-46cf-b7fa-a52804181973, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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