Windows Recall Feature Enabled - Registry

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the enabling of the Windows Recall feature via registry manipulation. Windows Recall can be enabled by setting the value of "DisableAIDataAnalysis" to "0". Adversaries may enable Windows Recall as part of post-exploitation discovery and collection activities. This rule assumes that Recall is already explicitly disabled on the host, and subsequently enabled by the adversary.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI\DisableAIDataAnalysis" OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI" AND OBJECTVALUENAME = "DisableAIDataAnalysis")) AND (INFORMATION = "DWORD (0x00000000)" OR (CHANGES = 0 AND NEWTYPE = "REG_DWORD")) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Sajid Nawaz Khan