Suspicious Disable Privacy Settings Experience in Registry (via registry_set)

title: Suspicious Disable Privacy Settings Experience in Registry (via registry_set)
id: 8d565860-9e90-5cdd-9756-2a54e74bbac9
status: stable
description: This rule detects registry modifications that disable Privacy Settings Experience
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1685/
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/9e5b12c4912c07562aec7500447b11fa3e17e254/atomics/T1562.001/T1562.001.md
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-07-18
tags:
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1685
logsource:
    category: registry_set
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|endswith: '\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\OOBE\DisablePrivacyExperience'
        Details: 'DWORD (0x00000000)'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium