name: Windows Disable Notification Center
id: 1cd983c8-8fd6-11ec-a09d-acde48001122
version: 1
date: '2022-02-17'
author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk
status: production
type: Anomaly
description: The following search identifies a modification of registry to disable
  the windows notification center feature in a windows host machine. This registry
  modification removes notification and action center from the notification area on
  the task bar. This modification are seen in RAT malware to cover their tracks upon
  downloading other of its component or other payload.
data_source:
- Sysmon Event ID 13
search:
  selection1:
    Details: '0x00000001'
    Registry.registry_value_name: DisableNotificationCenter
  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 or user may choose to disable this windows features.
references:
- https://tccontre.blogspot.com/2020/01/remcos-rat-evading-windows-defender-av.html
tags:
  analytic_story:
  - Windows Defense Evasion Tactics
  - Windows Registry Abuse
  asset_type: Endpoint
  confidence: 80
  impact: 60
  message: The Windows notification center was disabled on $dest$ by $user$.
  mitre_attack_id:
  - T1112
  observable:
  - name: user
    type: User
    role:
    - Victim
  - name: dest
    type: Hostname
    role:
    - Victim
  product:
  - Splunk Enterprise
  - Splunk Enterprise Security
  - Splunk Cloud
  risk_score: 48
  security_domain: endpoint
tests:
- name: True Positive Test
  attack_data:
  - data: https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1112/disable_notif_center/sysmon.log
    source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
    sourcetype: xmlwineventlog