name: Disabling ControlPanel
id: 6ae0148e-9215-11eb-a94a-acde48001122
version: 2
date: '2022-01-27'
author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk
status: production
type: TTP
description: this search is to identify registry modification to disable control panel
  window. This technique is commonly seen in malware to prevent their artifacts ,
  persistence removed on the infected machine.
data_source:
- Sysmon Event ID 13
search:
  selection1:
    Details: '0x00000001'
    TargetObject: '*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer\\NoControlPanel'
  condition: selection1
how_to_implement: To successfully implement this search you need to be ingesting information
  on process that include the name of the process responsible for the changes from
  your endpoints into the `Endpoint` datamodel in the `Registry` node. Also make sure
  that this registry was included in your config files ex. sysmon config to be monitored.
known_false_positives: admin may disable this application for non technical user.
references:
- https://any.run/report/ea4ea08407d4ee72e009103a3b77e5a09412b722fdef67315ea63f22011152af/a866d7b1-c236-4f26-a391-5ae32213dfc4#registry
tags:
  analytic_story:
  - Windows Defense Evasion Tactics
  - Windows Registry Abuse
  asset_type: Endpoint
  confidence: 50
  impact: 50
  message: The Windows Control Panel was disabled on $dest$ by $user$.
  mitre_attack_id:
  - T1562.001
  - T1562
  observable:
  - name: user
    type: User
    role:
    - Victim
  - name: dest
    type: Hostname
    role:
    - Victim
  product:
  - Splunk Enterprise
  - Splunk Enterprise Security
  - Splunk Cloud
  risk_score: 25
  security_domain: endpoint
tests:
- name: True Positive Test
  attack_data:
  - data: https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1562.001/win_app_defender_disabling/windows-security.log
    source: WinEventLog:Security
    sourcetype: WinEventLog
    update_timestamp: true
  - data: https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1562.001/win_app_defender_disabling/windows-system.log
    source: WinEventLog:System
    sourcetype: WinEventLog
    update_timestamp: true
  - data: https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1562.001/win_app_defender_disabling/windows-sysmon.log
    source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
    sourcetype: xmlwineventlog